Who won Canizales vs Kimura?
Carlos Canizales beat Sho Kimura by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Sunday, May 26th, 2019, Fuzhou.
The scorecards were announced as 119-109, 119-109, 118-110 in favor of winner Carlos Canizales.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds .
This contest was for the vacant WBA championship of the world.
Canizales vs Kimura stats
Back in May 2019, Carlos Canizales stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 21 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw, 17 of those wins coming by way of knockout.
Sho Kimura made his way to the ring with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, with 11 of those wins by knockout.
The stats suggested Canizales had an advantage in power over Kimura, with a 81% knockout percentage compared to Kimura's 61%.
Carlos Canizales was the younger man by 5 years, at 26 years old.
Kimura had a height advantage of 2 inches over Canizales.
Both Carlos Canizales and Sho Kimura fought out of an orthodox stance.
Canizales' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Kimura's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 2 months later than Kimura, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 38 more professional rounds, totaling 169 compared to Kimura's 131.
Canizales vs Kimura form
Sho Kimura had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kosei Tanaka on September 24, 2018, by majority decision in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Takeda Teva Ocean Arena, Aichi, Japan.
Prior to that, he had defeated Froilan Saludar on July 27, 2018, by knockout in the 6th round in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Qingdao Guosen Gymnasium, Qingdao, China.
Going into that contest, he had beaten Toshiyuki Igarashi on December 31, 2017, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.
Before that, he had won against Shiming Zou on July 28, 2017, by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China.
He had beaten Wisitsak Saiwaew on May 13, 2017, by knockout in the 2nd round at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong S.A.R., China.
Activity check
Canizales' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 8 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.
Kimura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.
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