Who won Barrett vs Dickens?
Jazza Dickens beat Zelfa Barrett by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, February 15th, 2025, at Co-op Live Arena, Manchester.
The scorecards were announced as 97-93, 96-94, 97-93 in favor of winner Jazza Dickens.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).
This fight appeared on the undercard of Jack Catterall losing to Arnold Barboza Jr for the WBO Interim World Junior Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Reece Bellotti beat Michael Gomez Jnr for the BBBOC British Super Featherweight and CBC Commonwealth Super Featherweight belts, Pat McCormack defeated Robbie Davies Jnr, Aqib Fiaz was victorious over Lydon Chircop, Alfie Middlemiss beat Caine Singh, William Crolla defeated Ayoub Zakari, and Conner Tudsbury was victorious over Sadaam Moamed Da Silva Caetano.
Barrett vs Dickens stats
Zelfa Barrett stepped into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws.
Jazza Dickens made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws.
Zelfa Barrett was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.
Barrett had a height advantage of 2 inches over Dickens. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.
Zelfa Barrett fought out of the orthodox stance, while Jazza Dickens was a southpaw.
Barrett was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 9 months later than Dickens, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 46 fewer professional rounds, totaling 212 compared to Dickens' 258.
Zelfa Barrett went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBA, and 6 by the IBF at super featherweight.
Barrett vs Dickens form
Barrett had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Jordan Gill on April 13, 2024, by technical knockout in the 10th round at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Prior to that, he had beaten Costin Ion on November 25, 2023, by points in the 8th round at 3ARENA, Dublin, Ireland.
Going into that contest, he had won against Jason Sanchez on April 22, 2023, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Before that, he had been beaten by Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov on November 5, 2022, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their IBF World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
He had beaten Faroukh Kourbanov on June 4, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Motorpoint Arena, Wales, United Kingdom.
Dickens had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Hector Andres Sosa on July 22, 2023, by knockout in the 10th round at Dubai Studio City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Prior to that, he had defeated Lerato Dlamini on October 15, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Olympia, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Going into that contest, he had won against Andoni Gago on April 22, 2022, by knockout in the 5th round at Echo Arena, Merseyside.
Before that, he had lost to Kid Galahad on August 7, 2021, by knockout in the 11th round in their IBF World Featherweight championship fight at Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex.
He had defeated Ryan Walsh on December 2, 2020, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Production Park Studios, Yorkshire.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Zelfa Barrett had been fighting more than Jazza Dickens.
Going into this contest, Zelfa Barrett had last fought 10 months and 2 days ago, while Jazza Dickens' last outing had been 1 year, 6 months and 24 days ago.
Barrett's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 11 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 51 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.2 rounds on average.
Dickens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 48 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.6 rounds on average.
What time did Barrett vs Dickens start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM GMT at Co-op Live Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom, which was 2:00 PM EST or 11:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America.
Who broadcast Barrett vs Dickens?
Barrett vs Dickens was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.
What were the odds on Barrett vs Dickens?
Zelfa Barrett was a 7/50 (-710) favorite going into the contest, while Jazza Dickens made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.
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