Who won Dalakian vs Thaiyen?
Artem Dalakian beat Sirichai Thaiyen by technical knockout in the 8th round on Sunday 17th June 2018 at Parkovy Convention Centre in Kiev.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 KG).
This contest was for the WBA flyweight championship of the world.
Dalakian vs Thaiyen stats
Back in June 2018, Artem Dalakian stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Sirichai Thaiyen made his way to the ring with a record of 50 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 35 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Thaiyen had a slight advantage in power over Dalakian, with a 70% knock out percentage over Dalakian's 69%.
Artem Dalakian was the older man by 3 years, at 31 years old.
Both Artem Dalakian & Sirichai Thaiyen fought out of an orthodox stance.
Dalakian was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 37 less fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 year and 5 months later than Thaiyen, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 217 less professional rounds, 156 to Thaiyen's 373.
Sirichai Thaiyen was ranked number 1 by the WBA in the 112lb division.
Dalakian vs Thaiyen form
Dalakian had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Brian Viloria on 24th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Flyweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat Luis Manuel Macias on 22nd April 2017 by knockout in the 6th round at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev, Ukraine.
Going into that contest, he had won against Jozsef Ajtai on 6th November 2016 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev.
Before that, he had beat Silvio Olteanu on 14th May 2016 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev.
He had defeated Robert Kanalas on 5th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Stereo Plaza, Kiev.
Activity check
Dalakian's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.
What time did Dalakian vs Thaiyen start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev, Ukraine, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.
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