Cordina vs Gwynne

Who won Cordina vs Gwynne?

Joe Cordina beat Gavin Gwynne by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 31st August 2019 at O2 Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced as 116-110, 116-111, 116-110 in favor of winner Joe Cordina.

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 fight appeared on the undercard of Vasyl Lomachenko beating Luke Campbell for the WBA Super World Lightweight, WBC World Lightweight, WBO World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship. Also, on the undercard Hughie Fury was overcome by Alexander Povetkin, Charlie Edwards was victorious over Julio Cesar Martinez for the WBC World Flyweight title and Joshua Buatsi beat Ryan Ford.

Cordina vs Gwynne stats

Back in August 2019, Joe Cordina stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Gavin Gwynne made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 11 wins and 0 draws, with 1 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Cordina had a massive power advantage over Gwynne, boosting at 78% knock out percentage over Gwynne's 9%.

Joe Cordina was the younger man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Gwynne had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cordina.

Both Joe Cordina & Gavin Gwynne fought out of an orthodox stance.

Cordina was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 8 months later than Gwynne, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 42 less professional rounds, 105 to Gwynne's 147.

Joe Cordina went into the fight ranked number 11 by the IBF at lightweight.

Cordina vs Gwynne form

Cordina remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Andy Townend on 20th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Sean Dodd on 4th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Lightweight championship fight at Ice Arena Wales, Wales.

Going into that contest, he had beat Hakim Ben Ali on 31st March 2018 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Principality Stadium, Wales.

Before that, he had won against Lee Connelly on 13th December 2017 by technical knockout in the 4th round at York Hall, London.

He had beat Lesther Cantillano on 28th October 2017 by points in the 4th round at Principality Stadium, Wales.

Activity check

Cordina's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 29 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.8 rounds on average.

What time did Cordina vs Gwynne start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM BST at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Cordina vs Gwynne?

Cordina vs Gwynne was broadcast on Sky Box Office HD in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Cordina vs Gwynne?

Joe Cordina was a 1/50 (-5000) favourite going into the contest, while Gavin Gwynne made his way into the ring at 12/1 (+1200) with oddsmakers.