Gorman vs Salek

Who won Gorman vs Salek?

Nathan Gorman beat Tomas Salek by technical knockout in the 1st round on Friday 17th June 2022 at Echo Arena in Merseyside.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

The undercard featured the clash of Kelly vs Kramer.

Gorman vs Salek stats

Back in June 2022, Nathan Gorman stepped into the ring with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Tomas Salek made his way to the ring with a record of 17 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Salek had a slight advantage in power over Gorman, with a 76% knock out percentage over Gorman's 67%.

Nathan Gorman was the older man by 27 years, at 26 years old.

Salek had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gorman.

Both Nathan Gorman & Tomas Salek fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gorman was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 8 year and 4 months later than Salek, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 105 to Salek's 83.

Gorman vs Salek form

Gorman had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Pavel Sour on 27th March 2021 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Richard Lartey on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at BT Sport Studio, London.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Daniel Dubois on 13th July 2019 by knockout in the 5th round in their BBBOC British Heavyweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

Before that, he had won against Kevin Johnson on 23rd March 2019 by points in the 10th round at Leicester Arena, Leicestershire.

He had beat Razvan Cojanu on 22nd December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Gorman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Gorman vs Salek start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM BST at Echo Arena, Merseyside, United Kingdom, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Gorman vs Salek?

The Fite.tv PPV US show is expected to begin at 6:20 PM EST / 3:20 PM PST. The Channel 5 broadcast of the card is expected to start at 9:00 PM (BTS).

What were the odds on Gorman vs Salek?

Nathan Gorman was a 1/25 (-2500) favourite going into the contest, while Tomas Salek made his way into the ring at 9/1 (+900) with oddsmakers.