Who won Commey vs Chaniev?

Richard Commey beat Isa Chaniev by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 2nd February 2019 at The Ford Center at The Star in Texas.

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).

This contest was for the IBF lightweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Eleider Alvarez losing to Sergey Kovalev for the WBO World Light heavyweight championship. Also, on the undercard Oscar Valdez beat Carmine Tommasone for the WBO World Featherweight belt and Teofimo Lopez defeated Diego Magdaleno.

Commey vs Chaniev stats

Richard Commey stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 24 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Isa Chaniev made his way to the ring with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Commey had a massive power advantage over Chaniev, boosting at 89% knock out percentage over Chaniev's 46%.

Richard Commey was the older man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Both Richard Commey & Isa Chaniev fought out of an orthodox stance.

Commey was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Chaniev, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 71 more professional rounds, 201 to Chaniev's 130.

Richard Commey went into the fight ranked number 1 by the IBF at lightweight.

Isa Chaniev was ranked number 3 by the IBF in the 135lb division.

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What time did Commey vs Chaniev start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Commey vs Chaniev?

Commey vs Chaniev was broadcast on ESPN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.

What were the odds on Commey vs Chaniev?

Richard Commey was a 7/50 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Isa Chaniev made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.