Cox vs Taylor

Who won Cox vs Taylor?

Jamie Cox beat Lewis Taylor by technical decision in their 9 round contest on Saturday 27th May 2017 at Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield.

The scorecards were announced as 88-83, 88-83, 87-84 in favor of winner Jamie Cox.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

Cox vs Taylor stats

Back in May 2017, Jamie Cox stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 21 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Lewis Taylor made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 3 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Cox had a massive power advantage over Taylor, boosting at 57% knock out percentage over Taylor's 16%.

Jamie Cox was the older man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Jamie Cox fought out of the southpaw stance, while Lewis Taylor was an orthodox fighter.

Cox was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 less fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 3 months earlier than Taylor, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 27 less professional rounds, 115 to Taylor's 142.

Cox vs Taylor form

Cox had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Martin Fidel Rios on 22nd October 2016 by points in the 10th round at Bolton Whites Hotel (formerly De Vere Whites), Bolton, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Ferenc Albert on 7th November 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round at National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had beat Blas Miguel Martinez on 24th July 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Alistair Warren on 14th February 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.

He had beat Matiouze Royer on 15th June 2013 by points in the 6th round at Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon.

Activity check

Cox's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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