Avanesyan vs Metz

Who won Avanesyan vs Metz?

David Avanesyan beat Oskari Metz by technical knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 19th March 2022 at Wembley Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

Also, on the undercard Hamzah Sheeraz was victorious over Jez Smith, Mark Chamberlain beat Jeff Ofori and Sam Noakes defeated Vincenzo Finiello.

Avanesyan vs Metz stats

Back in March 2022, David Avanesyan stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Oskari Metz made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 15 wins and 0 draws, with 5 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Avanesyan had a large advantage in power over Metz, boosting at 57% knock out percentage over Metz's 33%.

David Avanesyan was the older man by 35 years, at 33 years old.

Both David Avanesyan & Oskari Metz fought out of an orthodox stance.

Avanesyan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 6 months earlier than Metz, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 143 more professional rounds, 214 to Metz's 71.

David Avanesyan went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBC, 7 by the WBO and 8 by the IBF at welterweight.

Avanesyan vs Metz form

David Avanesyan had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Liam Taylor on 2nd October 2021 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Josh Kelly on 20th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jose Del Rio on 12th December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Palau Olímpic, Cataluña, Spain.

Before that, he had beat Kerman Lejarraga on 28th September 2019 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Bilbao Arena, País Vasco.

He had defeated Kerman Lejarraga on 30th March 2019 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Bilbao Arena, País Vasco.

Activity check

Avanesyan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

What time did Avanesyan vs Metz start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM GMT at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 6:00 PM EST or 3:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Avanesyan vs Metz?

Avanesyan vs Metz was broadcast on BT Sport 3 in the UK.

What were the odds on Avanesyan vs Metz?

David Avanesyan was a 1/50 (-5000) favourite going into the contest, while Oskari Metz made his way into the ring at 12/1 (+1200) with oddsmakers.