Gwynne vs Woodruff II

Who won Gwynne vs Woodruff II?

Gavin Gwynne beat Craig Woodruff by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 22nd April 2023 at Motorpoint Arena Cardiff in Cardiff.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov losing to Joe Cordina for the IBF World Junior Lightweight championship. Also, on the undercard Zelfa Barrett beat Jason Sanchez, Jordan Thompson defeated Luke Watkins, Sandy Ryan was victorious over Marie Pier Houle and Skye Nicolson beat Linda Laura Lecca.

Gwynne vs Woodruff II stats

Back in April 2023, Gavin Gwynne stepped into the ring with a record of 15 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Craig Woodruff made his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 6 loses and 1 draw, with 4 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Woodruff had advantage in power over Gwynne, with a 33% knock out percentage over Gwynne's 20%.

Gavin Gwynne was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Both Gavin Gwynne & Craig Woodruff fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gwynne was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 4 year and 2 months later than Woodruff, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 135 to Woodruff's 122.

Gwynne vs Woodruff II form

Gwynne had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Craig Woodruff on 17th September 2022 by majority draw in their BBBOC British Lightweight and CBC Commonwealth Lightweight championship fight at Bolton Whites Hotel (De Vere Whites), Bolton, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Luke Willis on 15th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Lightweight and BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at York Hall, London.

Going into that contest, he had beat Sean McComb on 19th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their CBC Commonwealth Lightweight championship fight at Bolton Whites Hotel (formerly De Vere Whites), Bolton, Lancashire.

Before that, he had been beaten by James Tennyson on 1st August 2020 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex.

He had lost to Joe Cordina on 31st August 2019 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at O2 Arena, London.

Activity check

Gwynne's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Gwynne vs Woodruff II start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:30 PM BST at Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom, which was 4:30 PM EST or 1:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Gwynne vs Woodruff II?

Gwynne vs Woodruff II was broadcast on DAZN Global in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Gwynne vs Woodruff II?

Gavin Gwynne was a 4/7 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Craig Woodruff made his way into the ring at 6/4 (+150) with oddsmakers.