Who won Zou vs Phaprom?
Shiming Zou beat Prasitsak Papoem by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, November 5th, 2016 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as 120-107, 120-107, 119-108 in favor of winner Shiming Zou.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 KG).
This contest was for the WBO flyweight championship of the world.
Zou vs Phaprom stats
Back in November 2016, Shiming Zou stepped into the ring with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by way of knockout.
Prasitsak Papoem made his way to the ring with a record of 39 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, with 24 of those wins by knockout.
The stats suggested Papoem had a massive power advantage over Zou, boasting at 62% knockout percentage over Zou's 25%.
Shiming Zou was the older man by 1 year, at 36 years old.
Zou had a height advantage of 3 inches over Papoem.
Both Shiming Zou & Prasitsak Papoem fought out of an orthodox stance.
Zou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 33 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 2 months later than Papoem, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 148 fewer professional rounds, totaling 98 compared to Papoem's 246.
Zou vs Phaprom form
Zou had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jozsef Ajtai on June 11, 2016 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
Prior to that, he had won against Natan Santana Coutinho on January 30, 2016 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Amnat Ruenroeng on March 7, 2015 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Flyweight championship fight at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.
Before that, he had beaten Prasitsak Papoem on November 23, 2014 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao.
He had defeated Luis de la Rosa on July 19, 2014 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao.
Activity check
Zou's last 5 fights come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.
What time did Zou vs Phaprom start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.
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