Roman vs Doheny

Who won Roman vs Doheny?

Daniel Roman beat TJ Doheny by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 26th April 2019 at Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced as 116-110, 116-110, 113-113 in favor of winner Daniel Roman.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).

This contest was for the unified super bantamweight championship of the world, with the IBF & WBA belts on the line.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai losing to Juan Francisco Estrada for the WBC World Super Flyweight and The Ring Junior Bantamweight championship. Also, on the undercard Jessie Vargas defeated Humberto Soto.

Roman vs Doheny stats

Back in April 2019, Daniel Roman stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

TJ Doheny made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 21 wins and 0 draws, with 15 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Doheny had a massive power advantage over Roman, boosting at 71% knock out percentage over Roman's 38%.

Daniel Roman was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Both Daniel Roman & TJ Doheny fought out of an orthodox stance.

Roman was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 6 months earlier than Doheny, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 71 more professional rounds, 245 to Doheny's 174.

Roman vs Doheny form

Roman had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Gavin McDonnell on 6th October 2018 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Moises Flores on 16th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Ryo Matsumoto on 28th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had won against Shun Kubo on 3rd September 2017 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Shimazu Arena, Kyoto.

He had beat Adam Lopez on 20th January 2017 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Bally's Event Center, Atlantic City, United States.

Doheny had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Ryohei Takahashi on 18th January 2019 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their IBF World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Ryosuke Iwasa on 16th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had won against Mike Oliver on 17th March 2018 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at House of Blues, Massachusetts, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Espinos Sabu on 2nd June 2017 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Club Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia.

He had beat Ernesto Guerrero on 15th October 2016 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Memorial Hall, Massachusetts, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Daniel Roman had been fighting more than TJ Doheny.

Going to this contest, Daniel Roman had last fought 6 months and 20 days ago, while TJ Doheny's last outing had been 3 months and 8 days ago.

Roman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

Doheny's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Roman vs Doheny start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Forum, Inglewood, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Roman vs Doheny?

Roman vs Doheny was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports Action.

What were the odds on Roman vs Doheny?

Daniel Roman was a 7/50 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while TJ Doheny made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+550) with oddsmakers.