Caparello vs Chilemba

Who won Caparello vs Chilemba?

Isaac Chilemba beat Blake Caparello by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday, March 16th, 2018, at The Melbourne Pavilion, Victoria.

The scorecards were announced in favor of winner Isaac Chilemba.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 kg).

Caparello vs Chilemba stats

Back in March 2018, Blake Caparello stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw.

Isaac Chilemba made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws.

Blake Caparello was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Chilemba had a height advantage of 1 inch over Caparello. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Blake Caparello fought out of the southpaw stance, while Isaac Chilemba was an orthodox fighter.

Caparello was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 9 months later than Chilemba, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, totaling 267 compared to Chilemba's 266.

Blake Caparello went into the fight ranked number 13 by the WBA, 6 by the WBC, 12 by the WBO, and 14 by the IBF at light heavyweight.

Isaac Chilemba was ranked number 11 by the WBC in the 175lb division.

Caparello vs Chilemba form

Chilemba had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Oleksandr Gvozdyk on November 19, 2016, by in the 8th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Sergey Kovalev on July 11, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight, IBF World Light Heavyweight and WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Eleider Alvarez on November 28, 2015, by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Vasily Lepikhin on March 14, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Bell Centre, Montreal.

He had beaten Cory Cummings on August 2, 2014, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Revel Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Activity check

Chilemba's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Caparello vs Chilemba start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at The Melbourne Pavilion, Victoria, Australia, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Caparello vs Chilemba?

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