Campbell vs Mendez

Who won Campbell vs Mendez?

Luke Campbell beat Argenis Mendez by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 30th July 2016 at First Direct Arena in Leeds.

The scorecards were announced as 116-111, 117-110, 115-112 in favor of winner Luke Campbell.

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).

Campbell vs Mendez stats

Back in July 2016, Luke Campbell stepped into the ring with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0  draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Argenis Mendez made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 4 loses and 1 draw, with 12 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Campbell had a massive power advantage over Mendez, boosting at 85% knock out percentage over Mendez's 52%.

Luke Campbell was the younger man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Campbell had 1-inch reach advantage.

Luke Campbell fought out of the southpaw stance, while Argenis Mendez was an orthodox fighter.

Campbell was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 6 year and 6 months later than Mendez, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 102 less professional rounds, 149 to Mendez's 251.

Campbell vs Mendez form

Luke Campbell had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Gary Sykes on 26th March 2016 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their CBC Commonwealth Lightweight championship fight at Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Yvan Mendy on 12th December 2015 by split decision in their 12 round contest at The O2 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had beat Tommy Coyle on 1st August 2015 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Craven Park Stadium, Hull.

Before that, he had won against Tommy Coyle on 1st August 2015 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Craven Park Stadium, Yorkshire.

He had beat Aboubeker Bechelaghem on 9th May 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Barclaycard Arena (formerly NIA) , Birmingham.

Activity check

Campbell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

Mendez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 33 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.3 rounds on average.

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