Who won Benavidez vs Mamajonov?

David Benavidez beat Sherali Mamajonov by knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 28th January 2017 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

Benavidez vs Mamajonov stats

David Benavidez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sherali Mamajonov made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Benavidez had a massive power advantage over Mamajonov, boosting at 94% knock out percentage over Mamajonov's 50%.

David Benavidez was the younger man by 9 years, at 26 years old.

Benavidez had a height advantage of 4 inches over Mamajonov. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Both David Benavidez & Sherali Mamajonov fought out of an orthodox stance.

Benavidez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 year and 10 months later than Mamajonov, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 60 more professional rounds, 130 to Mamajonov's 70.

Benavidez vs Mamajonov form

Benavidez remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 5 of his recent opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat David Lemieux on 21st May 2022 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC Interim World Super Middleweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Kyrone Davis on 13th November 2021 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Footprint Center, Arizona.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ronald Ellis on 13th March 2021 by technical knockout in the 11th round at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut.

Before that, he had beat Roamer Alexis Angulo on 15th August 2020 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Connecticut.

He had defeated Anthony Dirrell on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 9th round in their WBC World Super Middleweight championship fight at Staples Center, LA.

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Benavidez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 6 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

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