Essuman vs Scarff

Who won Essuman vs Scarff?

Harry Scarff beat Ekow Essuman by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 18th November 2023 at AO Arena in Manchester.

The scorecards were announced as 113-116, 112-117, 113-115 in favor of winner Harry Scarff.

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 Nick Ball beating Isaac Dogboe for the WBC World Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Denzel Bentley lost to Nathan Heaney for the BBBOC British Middleweight belt, Liam Davies defeated Vincenzo La Femina, Hannah Rankin was defeated by Ema Kozin and Nathaniel Collins beat Zak Miller for the BBBOC British Featherweight and CBC Commonwealth Featherweight championship.

Essuman vs Scarff stats

Back in November 2023, Ekow Essuman stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Harry Scarff made his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws.

Ekow Essuman was the older man by 5 years, at 35 years old.

Scarff had a height advantage of 3 inches over Essuman.

Both Ekow Essuman & Harry Scarff fought out of an orthodox stance.

Essuman was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 6 months earlier than Scarff, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 143 to Scarff's 95.

Ekow Essuman went into the fight ranked number 15 by the WBO and 4 by the IBF at welterweight.

Essuman vs Scarff form

Essuman had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Chris Kongo on 21st January 2023 by majority decision in their BBBOC British Welterweight and CBC Commonwealth Welterweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Samuel Antwi on 24th September 2022 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Welterweight and CBC Commonwealth Welterweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had beat Darren Tetley on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Welterweight and BBBOC British Welterweight championship fight at Wembley Stadium, London.

Before that, he had won against 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.

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.

Activity check

Essuman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

Scarff's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.3 rounds on average.

What time did Essuman vs Scarff start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM GMT at AO Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Essuman vs Scarff?

Essuman vs Scarff was broadcast on TNT Sports 1 in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Essuman vs Scarff?

Ekow Essuman was a 3/10 (-330) favourite going into the contest, while Harry Scarff made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.