Burns vs King

Who won Burns vs King?

Ricky Burns beat Josh King by knockout in the 11th round on Saturday 7th November 2015 at Echo Arena in Liverpool.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Burns vs King stats

Back in November 2015, Ricky Burns stepped into the ring with a record of 38 wins, 5 loses and 1  draw, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Josh King made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested King had advantage in power over Burns, with a 45% knock out percentage over Burns' 32%.

Ricky Burns was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Burns had a height advantage of 4 inches over King. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Ricky Burns & Josh King fought out of an orthodox stance.

Burns was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 6 years earlier than King, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 274 more professional rounds, 414 to King's 140.

Burns vs King form

Burns had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Prince Ofotsu on 1st August 2015 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Craven Park Stadium, Hull, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Omar Figueroa Jr on 9th May 2015 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Alexandre Lepelley on 4th October 2014 by points in the 8th round at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had lost to Dejan Zlaticanin on 27th June 2014 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Braehead Arena, Glasgow.

He had drawn with Raymundo Beltran on 7th September 2013 by split draw in their 12 round contest in their WBO World Lightweight championship fight at Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow.

Activity check

Burns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 2 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

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