Cullen vs Yildirim

Who won Cullen vs Yildirim?

Jack Cullen beat Avni Yildirim by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 31st July 2021 at Matchroom Fight Camp in Essex.

The scorecards were announced as 92-98, 90-100, 93-97 in favor of winner Jack Cullen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Can Xu losing to Leigh Wood for the WBA World Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Tommy McCarthy lost to Chris Billam-Smith for the CBC Commonwealth Cruiserweight and BBBOC British Cruiserweight belts and Anthony Fowler defeated Rico Mueller.

Cullen vs Yildirim stats

Back in July 2021, Avni Yildirim stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jack Cullen made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 9 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Yildirim had a slight advantage in power over Cullen, with a 57% knock out percentage over Cullen's 47%.

Avni Yildirim was the older man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Cullen had a height advantage of 4 inches over Yildirim. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Both Avni Yildirim & Jack Cullen fought out of an orthodox stance.

Yildirim was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Cullen, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 145 to Cullen's 153.

Cullen vs Yildirim form

Avni Yildirim had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Canelo Alvarez on 27th February 2021 by in the 3rd round in their WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Anthony Dirrell on 23rd February 2019 by technical decision in their WBC World Super Middleweight championship fight at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota.

Going into that contest, he had beat Lolenga Mock on 15th September 2018 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Before that, he had lost to Chris Eubank Jr on 7th October 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart.

He had won against Marco Antonio Periban on 13th May 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Teatro Palcco, Jalisco, Mexico.

Activity check

Yildirim's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

Cullen's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.3 rounds on average.

What time did Cullen vs Yildirim start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:05 PM BST at Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex, United Kingdom, which was 2:05 PM EST or 11:05 AM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Cullen vs Yildirim?

Cullen vs Yildirim was broadcast on DAZN Global in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Cullen vs Yildirim?

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