Buthelezi vs Leone

Who won Buthelezi vs Leone?

Gideon Buthelezi beat Lucas Emanuel Fernandez Leone by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 27th July 2018 in South Africa.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Gideon Buthelezi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Buthelezi vs Leone stats

Back in July 2018, Gideon Buthelezi stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Lucas Emanuel Fernandez Leone made his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 9 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Leone had a massive power advantage over Buthelezi, boosting at 75% knock out percentage over Buthelezi's 20%.

Gideon Buthelezi was the older man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Buthelezi had a height advantage of 2 inches over Leone. Despite this, Leone had 9-inch reach advantage.

Gideon Buthelezi fought out of the southpaw stance, while Lucas Emanuel Fernandez Leone was an orthodox fighter.

Buthelezi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 7 years and 2 months earlier than Leone, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 115 more professional rounds, 216 to Leone's 101.

Gideon Buthelezi went into the fight ranked number 5 by the IBF at super flyweight.

Buthelezi vs Leone form

Gideon Buthelezi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Diego Luis Pichardo Liriano on 29th April 2016 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Ngoako Ramatlhodi Sports Complex, Seshego, South Africa.

Previous to that, he had defeated Makazole Tete on 18th December 2015 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Orient Theatre, East London.

Going into that contest, he had beat Doctor Ntsele on 9th October 2015 by points in the 12th round at Pacofs Arena, Bloemfontein.

Before that, he had been beaten by Lwandile Sityatha on 24th July 2015 by split decision in their 12 round contest at International Convention Centre, East London.

He had won against Immanuel Naidjala on 6th December 2014 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Windhoek Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia.

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Buthelezi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 60 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.

What time did Buthelezi vs Leone start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC in South Africa, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Buthelezi vs Leone?

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