Culcay vs Andrade

Who won Culcay vs Andrade?

Demetrius Andrade beat Jack Culcay by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 11th March 2017 at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen.

The scorecards were announced as 115-114, 112-116, 112-116 in favor of winner Demetrius Andrade.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

This contest was for the WBA super welterweight championship of the world.

Culcay vs Andrade stats

Back in March 2017, Jack Culcay stepped into the ring with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0  draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Demetrius Andrade made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 23 wins and 0 draws, with 16 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Andrade had advantage in power over Culcay, with a 70% knock out percentage over Culcay's 50%.

Jack Culcay was the older man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Andrade had a height advantage of 5 inches over Culcay. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Jack Culcay fought out of the orthodox stance, while Demetrius Andrade was a southpaw.

Culcay's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Andrade's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 1 month later than Andrade, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 101 more professional rounds, 307 to Andrade's 206.

Culcay vs Andrade form

Culcay had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jean Carlos Prada on 9th April 2016 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA Interim World Super Welterweight championship fight at MBS Arena, Potsdam, Germany.

Previous to that, he had won against Dennis Hogan on 5th December 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Super Welterweight championship fight at Inselparkhalle, Wilhelmsburg.

Going into that contest, he had beat Maurice Weber on 9th May 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Super Welterweight championship fight at Festhalle, Frankfurt.

Before that, he had defeated Karim Merroudj on 6th December 2014 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at EWE-Arena, Oldenburg.

He had won against Isaac Real on 16th August 2014 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Messehalle, Erfurt.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Willie Nelson on 11th June 2016 by technical knockout in the 12th round at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Dario Fabian Pucheta on 17th October 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beat Brian Rose on 14th June 2014 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.

Before that, he had won against Vanes Martirosyan on 9th November 2013 by split decision in their WBO World Junior Middleweight championship fight at American Bank Center, Corpus Christi.

He had beat Freddy Hernandez on 25th January 2013 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Paramount Theatre, Huntington.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jack Culcay had been fighting more than Demetrius Andrade.

Going to this contest, Jack Culcay had last fought 11 months and 2 days ago, while Demetrius Andrade's last outing had been 9 months ago.

Culcay's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 57 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.4 rounds on average.

Andrade's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

Who broadcast Culcay vs Andrade?

Culcay vs Andrade was broadcast on Sky Sports 2 in the UK.

What were the odds on Culcay vs Andrade?

Jack Culcay was a 8/1 (+800) underdog going into the contest, while Demetrius Andrade made his way into the ring at 1/20 (-2000) with oddsmakers.