Who won Conlan vs Cunningham?

Michael Conlan beat Jason Cunningham by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 22nd December 2018 at Manchester Arena in Manchester.

The scorecards were announced as 98-92, 97-92, 97-92 in favor of winner Michael Conlan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Josh Warrington beating Carl Frampton for the IBF World Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Nathan Gorman beat Razvan Cojanu, Martin Murray was overcome by Hassan N’Dam, Billy Joe Saunders was victorious over Charles Adamu and Liam Williams beat Mark Heffron for the BBBOC British Middleweight championship.

Conlan vs Cunningham stats

Michael Conlan stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jason Cunningham made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Conlan had a massive power advantage over Cunningham, boosting at 67% knock out percentage over Cunningham's 25%.

Michael Conlan was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Conlan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cunningham.

Michael Conlan fought out of the orthodox stance, while Jason Cunningham was a southpaw.

Conlan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 5 year and 3 months later than Cunningham, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 124 less professional rounds, 138 to Cunningham's 262.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jason Cunningham had been fighting more than Michael Conlan.

Going to this contest, Michael Conlan had last fought 5 years, 4 months and 9 days ago, while Jason Cunningham's last outing had been 7 years, 3 months and 14 days ago.

What time did Conlan vs Cunningham start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM GMT at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom, which was 2:00 PM EST or 11:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Conlan vs Cunningham?

Conlan vs Cunningham was broadcast on BT Sport Box Office in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Conlan vs Cunningham?

Michael Conlan was a 1/100 (-10000) favourite going into the contest, while Jason Cunningham made his way into the ring at 16/1 (+1600) with oddsmakers.