Burns vs Rocco

Who won Burns vs Rocco?

Ricky Burns beat Michele Di Rocco by technical knockout in the 8th round on Saturday 28th May 2016 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

This contest was for the WBA super lightweight championship of the world.

Burns vs Rocco stats

Back in May 2016, Ricky Burns stepped into the ring with a record of 39 wins, 5 loses and 1  draw, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Michele Di Rocco made his way to the ring with a record of 40 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 18 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Rocco had advantage in power over Burns, with a 45% knock out percentage over Burns' 33%.

Ricky Burns was the same age as Michele Di Rocco, at 34 years old.

Burns had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rocco.

Both Ricky Burns & Michele Di Rocco fought out of an orthodox stance.

Burns was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Rocco, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 144 more professional rounds, 414 to Rocco's 270.

Burns vs Rocco 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 defeated Josh King on 7th November 2015 by knockout in the 11th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Prince Ofotsu on 1st August 2015 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Craven Park Stadium, Hull.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

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

Activity check

Burns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 48 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.6 rounds on average.

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