Dirrell vs Brooker

Who won Dirrell vs Brooker?

Andre Dirrell beat Christopher Brooker by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday 31st July 2021 at Prudential Center in New Jersey.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Michael Polite Coffie losing to Jonathan Rice. Also, on the undercard Joseph Spencer defeated James Martin.

Dirrell vs Brooker stats

Back in July 2021, Andre Dirrell stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Christopher Brooker made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Dirrell had a large advantage in power over Brooker, boosting at 63% knock out percentage over Brooker's 38%.

Andre Dirrell was the older man by 40 years, at 38 years old.

Brooker had 3-inch reach advantage.

Andre Dirrell fought out of the southpaw stance, while Christopher Brooker was an orthodox fighter.

Dirrell was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 10 years earlier than Brooker, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 190 to Brooker's 137.

Andre Dirrell went into the fight ranked number 10 by the WBA at light heavyweight.

Dirrell vs Brooker form

Andre Dirrell had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jose Uzcategui on 3rd March 2018 by in the 8th round in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jose Uzcategui on 20th May 2017 by in the 8th round in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill.

Going into that contest, he had beat Blake Caparello on 29th April 2016 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had been beaten by James DeGale on 23rd May 2015 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Agganis Arena, Boston.

He had won against Derek Edwards on 19th December 2014 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Canada.

Activity check

Dirrell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Dirrell vs Brooker start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Prudential Center, New Jersey, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Dirrell vs Brooker?

Dirrell vs Brooker was broadcast on FOX in the US.

What were the odds on Dirrell vs Brooker?

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