Berchelt vs Awuku

Who won Berchelt vs Awuku?

Miguel Berchelt beat Maxwell Awuku by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday 10th February 2018 at Plaza de Toros in Quintana Roo.

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 contest was for the WBC super featherweight championship of the world.

Berchelt vs Awuku stats

Back in February 2018, Miguel Berchelt stepped into the ring with a record of 32 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Maxwell Awuku made his way to the ring with a record of 44 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw.

Miguel Berchelt was the older man by 32 years, at 26 years old.

Awuku had a height advantage of 2 inches over Berchelt.

Miguel Berchelt fought out of the orthodox stance, while Maxwell Awuku was a southpaw.

Berchelt was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 less fights, and made his debut in 2010, 8 year later than Awuku, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 108 less professional rounds, 171 to Awuku's 279.

Berchelt vs Awuku form

Berchelt had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Takashi Miura on 15th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Featherweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Francisco Vargas on 28th January 2017 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Super Featherweight championship fight at Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo on 16th July 2016 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Polideportivo Soraya Jimenez, Los Reyes La Paz, Mexico.

Before that, he had beat George Jupp on 12th March 2016 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Polyforum Zam Ná, Merida.

He had defeated Rolando Giono on 19th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Coliseo Yucatan, Merida.

Activity check

Berchelt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

What time did Berchelt vs Awuku start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 3:00 AM UTC at Plaza de Toros, Quintana Roo, Mexico, which was 10:00 PM EST or 7:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Berchelt vs Awuku?

Berchelt vs Awuku was broadcast on BoxNation in the UK.

What were the odds on Berchelt vs Awuku?

Miguel Berchelt was a 1/50 (-5000) favourite going into the contest, while Maxwell Awuku made his way into the ring at 14/1 (+1400) with oddsmakers.