Eggington vs Jkitou

Who won Eggington vs Jkitou?

Sam Eggington beat Bilel Jkitou by split decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 10th September 2021 at Skydome in West Midlands.

The scorecards were announced as 117-112, 117-111, 112-116 in favor of winner Sam Eggington.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

The undercard featured the clash of Pitters vs Daku.

Eggington vs Jkitou stats

Sam Eggington stepped into the ring with a record of 30 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Bilel Jkitou made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 15 wins and 0 draws, with 6 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Eggington had advantage in power over Jkitou, with a 60% knock out percentage over Jkitou's 40%.

Sam Eggington was the older man by 29 years, at 29 years old.

Both Sam Eggington & Bilel Jkitou fought out of an orthodox stance.

Eggington was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Jkitou, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 162 more professional rounds, 256 to Jkitou's 94.

Sam Eggington went into the fight ranked number 15 by the WBC at middleweight.

Eggington vs Jkitou form

Sam Eggington had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ceferino Rodriguez on 13th May 2017 by knockout in the 10th round at Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, Afghanistan.

Previous to that, he had won against Paulie Malignaggi on 4th March 2017 by knockout in the 9th round at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beat Frankie Gavin on 22nd October 2016 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, UK.

Before that, he had defeated Daza Usher on 30th July 2016 by knockout in the 1st round at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Bradley Skeete on 5th March 2016 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Welterweight and CBC Commonwealth Welterweight championship fight at Genting Arena, Birmingham.

Activity check

Eggington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

What time did Eggington vs Jkitou start?

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

Who broadcast Eggington vs Jkitou?

Eggington vs Jkitou was broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK.

What were the odds on Eggington vs Jkitou?

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