Who won Essuman vs Antwi?

Ekow Essuman beat Samuel Antwi by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 24th September 2022 at Manchester Arena in Manchester.

The scorecards were announced as 117-112, 116-113, 115-114 in favor of winner Ekow Essuman.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Joseph Parker losing to Joe Joyce for the WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship. Also, on the undercard Amanda Serrano beat Sarah Mahfoud and Michael Magnesi was overcome by Anthony Cacace.

Essuman vs Antwi stats

Ekow Essuman stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 17 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Samuel Antwi made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Antwi had a slight advantage in power over Essuman, with a 43% knock out percentage over Essuman's 41%.

Ekow Essuman was the older man by 33 years, at 33 years old.

Essuman had a height advantage of 2 inches over Antwi.

Both Ekow Essuman & Samuel Antwi fought out of an orthodox stance.

Essuman was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 10 months later than Antwi, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 119 to Antwi's 83.

Ekow Essuman went into the fight ranked number 13 by the IBF at welterweight.

Essuman vs Antwi form

Essuman remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Darren Tetley on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Welterweight and BBBOC British Welterweight championship fight at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Danny Ball on 9th October 2021 by knockout in the 6th round in their CBC Commonwealth Welterweight and BBBOC British Welterweight championship fight at Arena Birmingham, West Midlands.

Going into that contest, he had beat Chris Jenkins on 24th July 2021 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their CBC Commonwealth Welterweight and BBBOC British Welterweight championship fight at Wembley Arena, London.

Before that, he had won against Cedrick Peynaud on 12th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at York Hall, London.

He had beat Curtis Felix Jnr on 30th November 2019 by technical knockout in the 8th round at York Hall, London.

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Essuman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Essuman vs Antwi start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM BST at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom, which was 2:00 PM EST or 11:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Essuman vs Antwi?

Essuman vs Antwi was broadcast on BT Sport 1 in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Essuman vs Antwi?

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