Flores vs Bryan

Who won Flores vs Bryan?

Trevor Bryan beat BJ Flores by technical knockout in the 4th round on Saturday 11th August 2018 at Celebrity Theater in Arizona.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Flores vs Bryan stats

Back in August 2018, BJ Flores stepped into the ring with a record of 34 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Trevor Bryan made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 19 wins and 0 draws, with 13 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Bryan had a slight advantage in power over Flores, with a 68% knock out percentage over Flores' 62%.

BJ Flores was the older man by 11 years, at 40 years old.

Bryan had a height advantage of 2 inches over Flores. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both BJ Flores & Trevor Bryan fought out of an orthodox stance.

Flores was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 8 years and 6 months earlier than Bryan, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 84 more professional rounds, 192 to Bryan's 108.

BJ Flores went into the fight ranked number 5 by the WBA at heavyweight.

Trevor Bryan was ranked number 4 by the WBA in the 201lb division.

Flores vs Bryan form

Flores had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tony Bellew on 15th October 2016 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Cruiserweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Roberto Santos on 21st May 2016 by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Beibut Shumenov on 25th July 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Cruiserweight championship fight at Palms Casino and Resort, Pearl Theater, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beat Kevin Engel on 8th October 2014 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi.

He had won against Anthony Caputo Smith on 27th June 2014 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Flores' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.4 rounds on average.

Bryan's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.5 rounds on average.

What time did Flores vs Bryan start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Celebrity Theater, Arizona, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Flores vs Bryan?

BJ Flores was a 31/50 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Trevor Bryan made his way into the ring at 119/100 (+120) with oddsmakers.