Dirrell vs Truax

Who won Dirrell vs Truax?

Anthony Dirrell beat Caleb Truax by technical knockout in the 1st round on Friday 29th April 2016 at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.

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).

Dirrell vs Truax stats

Anthony Dirrell stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 1 loss and 1  draw, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Caleb Truax made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 loses and 2 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Dirrell had advantage in power over Truax, with a 79% knock out percentage over Truax's 62%.

Anthony Dirrell was the younger man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Dirrell had a height advantage of 2 inches over Truax. Despite this, Truax had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Anthony Dirrell & Caleb Truax fought out of an orthodox stance.

Dirrell's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Truax's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2005, 2 years and 2 months earlier than Truax, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 70 less professional rounds, 184 to Truax's 254.

Dirrell vs Truax form

Dirrell had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Denis Douglin on 17th November 2017 by technical decision in their 6 round contest at Dort Federal Event Center, Michigan, Afghanistan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Norbert Nemesapati on 13th January 2017 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Hialeah Park Racing & Casino, Hialeah, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beat Caleb Truax on 29th April 2016 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had won against Marco Antonio Rubio on 6th September 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at American Bank Center, Corpus Christi.

He had been beaten by Badou Jack on 24th April 2015 by majority decision in their WBC World Super Middleweight championship fight at UIC Pavilion, Chicago.

Activity check

Dirrell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.

Truax's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

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