Campbell vs Young

Who won Campbell vs Young?

Luke Campbell beat Adrian Young by technical knockout in the 5th round on Friday 15th March 2019 at Liacouras Center in 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 loses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

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

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

Young had 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 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 year and 1 month later than Young, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 149 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 beat Yvan Mendy on 22nd September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jorge Linares on 23rd September 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 beat Darleys Perez on 29th April 2017 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

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

He had beat Derry Mathews on 15th October 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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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