Who won Conlan vs Nikitin?
Michael Conlan beat Vladimir Nikitin by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 14th December 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The scorecards were announced as 100-90, 98-92, 99-91 in favor of winner Michael Conlan.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 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 Terence Crawford beating Egidijus Kavaliauskas for the WBO World Welterweight championship. Also, on the undercard Richard Commey lost to Teofimo Lopez for the IBF World Lightweight belt and George Kambosos defeated Mickey Bey.
Conlan vs Nikitin stats
Back in December 2019, Michael Conlan stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Vladimir Nikitin made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 3 wins and 0 draws.
The stats suggested Conlan had a massive power advantage over Nikitin, boosting at 58% knock out percentage over Nikitin's 0%.
Michael Conlan was the younger man by 2 years, at 28 years old.
Conlan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nikitin.
Both Michael Conlan & Vladimir Nikitin fought out of an orthodox stance.
Conlan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Nikitin, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 90 more professional rounds, 150 to Nikitin's 60.
Michael Conlan went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBA, 14 by the WBC, 1 by the WBO and 9 by the IBF at featherweight.
Conlan vs Nikitin form
Conlan had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Diego Alberto Ruiz on 3rd August 2019 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Marquee, Falls Park, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had beat Ruben Garcia on 17th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
Going into that contest, he had won against Jason Cunningham on 22nd December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Before that, he had beat Adeilson Dos Santos on 30th June 2018 by points in the 8th round at Odyssey Arena, Belfast.
He had defeated Ibon Larrinaga on 12th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
Activity check
Conlan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.
What time did Conlan vs Nikitin start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States, which was around 12:00 AM GMT in the UK.
Who broadcast Conlan vs Nikitin?
Conlan vs Nikitin was broadcast on ESPN in the US.
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