Campbell vs Young

Who won Campbell vs Young?

Luke Campbell beat Adrian Young by technical knockout in the 5th round on Friday, March 15th, 2019, at Liacouras Center, Pennsylvania.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Tevin Farmer beating Jono Carroll for the IBF World Junior Lightweight championship. Also on the undercard Gabriel Rosado lost to Maciej Sulecki.

Campbell vs Young stats

Back in March 2019, Luke Campbell stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Adrian Young made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 20 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Campbell had a slight advantage in power over Young, with a 79% knockout percentage compared to Young's 77%.

Luke Campbell was the older man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Young had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Luke Campbell fought out of the southpaw stance, while Adrian Young was an orthodox fighter.

Campbell was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 years and 1 month later than Young, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 12 fewer professional rounds, totaling 149 compared to Young's 161.

Luke Campbell went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC at lightweight.

Campbell vs Young form

Campbell had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Yvan Mendy on September 22, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Jorge Linares on September 23, 2017, by split decision in their WBA World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Darleys Perez on April 29, 2017, by technical knockout in the 9th round at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Jairo Lopez on February 25, 2017, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Ice Arena, Hull.

He had beaten Derry Mathews on October 15, 2016, by knockout in the 4th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Activity check

Campbell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 5 months, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Campbell vs Young start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Liacouras Center, Pennsylvania, United States, which was around 12:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Campbell vs Young?

Campbell vs Young was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports Action.

What were the odds on Campbell vs Young?

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