Eubank Jr vs Yildirim

Who won Eubank Jr vs Yildirim?

Chris Eubank Jr beat Avni Yildirim by knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday 7th October 2017 at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

This was a quarter final of the World Boxing Super Series.

Eubank Jr vs Yildirim stats

Chris Eubank Jr stepped into the ring with a record of 25 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Avni Yildirim made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 16 wins and 0 draws.

Chris Eubank Jr was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Eubank Jr had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Chris Eubank Jr & Avni Yildirim fought out of an orthodox stance.

Eubank Jr was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Yildirim, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 72 more professional rounds, 217 to Yildirim's 145.

Chris Eubank Jr went into the fight ranked number 8 by the WBA, 4 by the WBC and 4 by the IBF at super middleweight.

Avni Yildirim was ranked number 3 by the WBA, 3 by the WBC and 6 by the IBF in the 168lb division.

Eubank Jr vs Yildirim form

Chris Eubank Jr had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Nick Blackwell on 26th March 2016 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their BBBOC British Middleweight championship fight at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan on 12th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 7th round at The O2 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had won against Tony Jeter on 24th October 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA Interim World Middleweight championship fight at Sheffield Arena, Sheffield.

Before that, he had beat Dmitry Chudinov on 28th February 2015 by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBA Interim World Middleweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

He had been beaten by Billy Joe Saunders on 29th November 2014 by split decision in their BBBOC British Middleweight and CBC Commonwealth Middleweight championship fight at ExCel Arena, London.

Yildirim 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 Marco Antonio Periban on 13th May 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Teatro Palcco, Jalisco, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had defeated Aliaksandr Sushchyts on 18th February 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Teatro Principe, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had won against Schiller Hyppolite on 5th November 2016 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Ballhaus Forum, Munich, Germany.

Before that, he had defeated Aaron Pryor Jr on 27th August 2016 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Huxleys, Kreuzberg.

He had beat Timur Nikarkhoev on 23rd July 2016 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Iron gym- Forckenberckstr 9-13, Schmargendorf.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Avni Yildirim had been fighting more than Chris Eubank Jr.

Going to this contest, Chris Eubank Jr had last fought 7 years, 2 months and 11 days ago, while Avni Yildirim's last outing had been 6 years and 24 days ago.

Eubank Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

Yildirim's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.2 rounds on average.

What time did Eubank Jr vs Yildirim start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart, Germany, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Eubank Jr vs Yildirim?

Eubank Jr vs Yildirim was broadcast on ITV Box Office in the UK.

What were the odds on Eubank Jr vs Yildirim?

Chris Eubank Jr was a 7/50 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Avni Yildirim made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.