Kamanga vs Davies

Who won Kamanga vs Davies?

Ohara Davies beat Paul Kamanga by knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 23rd June 2018 at The O2 Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Roberto Garcia losing to Martin Murray. Also, on the undercard Anthony Yarde beat Dariusz Sek and Daniel Dubois defeated Tom Little.

Kamanga vs Davies stats

Back in June 2018, Paul Kamanga stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ohara Davies made his way to the ring with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Davies had advantage in power over Kamanga, with a 76% knock out percentage over Kamanga's 57%.

Paul Kamanga was the younger man by 2 years, at 25 years old.

Both Paul Kamanga & Ohara Davies fought out of an orthodox stance.

Kamanga was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Davies, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 138 to Davies' 144.

Kamanga vs Davies form

Davies had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tom Farrell on 30th September 2017 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Josh Taylor on 8th July 2017 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Braehead Arena, Glasgow.

Going into that contest, he had won against Derry Mathews on 4th March 2017 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at The O2 Arena, London.

Before that, he had beat Andrea Scarpa on 26th November 2016 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.

He had defeated Chaquib Fadli on 1st October 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round at Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany.

Activity check

Davies' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What time did Kamanga vs Davies start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM BST at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

What were the odds on Kamanga vs Davies?

Paul Kamanga was a 10/1 (+1000) underdog going into the contest, while Ohara Davies made his way into the ring at 1/25 (-2500) with oddsmakers.