Farooq vs Winters

Who won Farooq vs Winters?

Ukashir Farooq beat Duane Winters by knockout in the 1st round on Saturday, August 17th, 2019, at Radisson Blu Hotel, Scotland.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

Farooq vs Winters stats

Back in August 2019, Ukashir Farooq stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Duane Winters made his way to the ring with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Farooq had a massive power advantage over Winters, boasting a 42% knockout percentage compared to Winters' 9%.

Ukashir Farooq was the younger man by 8 years, at 23 years old.

Winters had a height advantage of 2 inches over Farooq.

Both Ukashir Farooq and Duane Winters fought out of an orthodox stance.

Farooq was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 10 months later than Winters, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, totaling 108 compared to Winters' 67.

Farooq vs Winters form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Kyle Williams on April 25, 2019, by technical knockout in the 5th round in their BBBOC British Bantamweight championship fight at Radisson Blu Hotel, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had beaten Iain Butcher on November 30, 2018, by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Bantamweight championship fight at Emirates Arena, Scotland.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jamie Wilson on September 27, 2018, by technical knockout in the 1st round in their BBBOC British Bantamweight championship fight at St.Andrew's Sporting Club, Scotland.

Before that, he had beaten Jose Hernandez on June 16, 2018, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Lagoon Leisure Centre, Scotland.

He had defeated Scott Allan on November 23, 2017, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Radisson Blu Hotel, Scotland.

Activity check

Farooq's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 25 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Farooq vs Winters start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:15 PM BST at Radisson Blu Hotel, Scotland, United Kingdom, which was 5:15 PM EST or 2:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Farooq vs Winters?

Farooq vs Winters was broadcast on BBC in the UK.

What were the odds on Farooq vs Winters?

Ukashir Farooq was a 3/100 (-3300) favorite going into the contest, while Duane Winters made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.