Cordina vs Townend

Who won Cordina vs Townend?

Joe Cordina beat Andy Townend by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday 20th April 2019 at O2 Arena in London.

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 Dave Allen beating Lucas Browne. Also, on the undercard Derek Chisora defeated Senad Gashi, Josh Kelly was victorious over Przemyslaw Runowski and Conor Benn beat Josef Zahradnik.

Cordina vs Townend stats

Back in April 2019, Joe Cordina stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Andy Townend made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 14 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Cordina had advantage in power over Townend, with a 75% knock out percentage over Townend's 64%.

Joe Cordina was the younger man by 3 years, at 27 years old.

Both Joe Cordina & Andy Townend fought out of an orthodox stance.

Cordina was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 5 year and 5 months later than Townend, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 105 to Townend's 133.

Cordina vs Townend form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Sean Dodd on 4th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Lightweight championship fight at Ice Arena Wales, Wales, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Hakim Ben Ali on 31st March 2018 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Principality Stadium, Wales.

Going into that contest, he had beat Lee Connelly on 13th December 2017 by technical knockout in the 4th round at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had won against Lesther Cantillano on 28th October 2017 by points in the 4th round at Principality Stadium, Wales.

He had beat Jamie Speight on 1st September 2017 by technical knockout in the 1st round at York Hall, London.

Activity check

Cordina's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

What time did Cordina vs Townend start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:45 PM BST at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 2:45 PM EST or 11:45 AM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Cordina vs Townend?

Cordina vs Townend was broadcast on Sky Sports Action in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Cordina vs Townend?

Joe Cordina was a 3/50 (-1700) favourite going into the contest, while Andy Townend made his way into the ring at 15/2 (+750) with oddsmakers.