Ford vs Ball

Who won Ford vs Ball?

Nick Ball beat Raymond Ford by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, June 1st, 2024, at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.

The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 115-113, 115-113 in favor of winner Nick Ball.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This contest was for the WBA featherweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Deontay Wilder losing to Zhilei Zhang. Also on the undercard Daniel Dubois beat Filip Hrgovic for the IBF Interim World Heavyweight belt, Hamzah Sheeraz defeated Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams for the WBC World Middleweight title, Dmitry Bivol was victorious over Malik Zinad for the WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship, and Willy Hutchinson beat Craig Richards.

Ford vs Ball stats

Back in June 2024, Raymond Ford stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw.

Nick Ball made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 19 wins and 1 draw.

Raymond Ford was the younger man by 2 years, at 25 years old.

Ford had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ball. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Raymond Ford fought out of the southpaw stance, while Nick Ball was an orthodox fighter.

Ford was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 1 year and 10 months later than Ball, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 1 fewer professional rounds, totaling 123 compared to Ball's 124.

Ford vs Ball form

Ford 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 beaten Otabek Kholmatov on March 2, 2024, by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Jessie Magdaleno on April 8, 2023, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had won against Sakaria Lukas on November 12, 2022, by knockout in the 8th round at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland.

Before that, he had beaten Richard Medina on June 25, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Tech Port Arena, Texas.

He had defeated Edward Vazquez on February 5, 2022, by split decision in their 10 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Rey Vargas on March 8, 2024, by split draw in their 12 round contest in their WBC World Featherweight championship fight at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to that, he had won against Isaac Dogboe on November 18, 2023, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Featherweight championship fight at AO Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Lodumo Lamati on May 27, 2023, by technical knockout in the 12th round at The SSE Arena (Odyssey Arena), Belfast.

Before that, he had beaten Jesus Ramirez Rubio on November 11, 2022, by technical knockout in the 1st round at York Hall, Bethnal Green.

He had won against Nathanael Kakololo on July 16, 2022, by technical knockout in the 12th round at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Nick Ball had been fighting more than Raymond Ford.

Going into this contest, Raymond Ford had last fought 2 months and 30 days ago, while Nick Ball's last outing had been 2 months and 24 days ago.

Ford's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 27 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

Ball's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Ford vs Ball start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM UTC at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:00 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Ford vs Ball?

Ford vs Ball was broadcast on DAZN PPV in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Ford vs Ball?

Raymond Ford was a 4/5 (-130) favorite going into the contest, while Nick Ball made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.