Burns vs Cardle

Burns vs Cardle stats

Ricky Burns stepped into the ring with a record of 42 wins, 7 loses and 1 draw, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Scott Cardle made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Burns had a slight advantage in power over Cardle, with a 36% knock out percentage over Cardle's 30%.

Ricky Burns was the older man by 7 years, at 37 years old.

Both Ricky Burns & Scott Cardle fought out of an orthodox stance.

Burns was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 10 years and 4 months earlier than Cardle, who’s first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 240 more professional rounds, 404 to Cardle's 164.

Burns vs Cardle form

Burns had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Scott Cardle on 10th November 2018 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Anthony Crolla on 7th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Julius Indongo on 15th April 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight and IBF World Junior Welterweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow.

Before that, he had won against Kiryl Relikh on 7th October 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow.

He had beat Michele Di Rocco on 28th May 2016 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow.

Cardle had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Ivan Njegac on 28th May 2016 by points in the 6th round at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Sean Dodd on 2nd April 2016 by majority draw in their 12 round contest in their BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Sean Dodd on 7th November 2015 by technical knockout in the 12th round in their BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Craig Evans on 30th May 2015 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

He had defeated Yordan Vasilev on 14th February 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Scott Cardle had been fighting more than Ricky Burns.

Going to this contest, Ricky Burns had last fought 1 year 10 months and 11 days ago, while Scott Cardle's last outing had been 4 years 3 months and 24 days ago.

Burns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

Cardle's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year 3 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

What time did Burns vs Cardle start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:00 pm GMT at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom, which was 1:00 pm EST or 10:00 am PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Burns vs Cardle?

Burns vs Cardle was broadcast on Sky Box Office HD in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.