Heaney vs Pauls

Who won Heaney vs Pauls?

Nathan Heaney drew with Brad Pauls by split draw in their 12 round contest on Saturday 16th March 2024 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham.

The scorecards were announced as 114-115, 116-113, 114-114, meaning it was a split draw.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Also, on the undercard Zach Parker beat Tyron Zeuge, Liam Davies defeated Erik Robles, Dennis McCann was victorious over Brad Strand for the BBBOC British Super Bantamweight and CBC Commonwealth Super Bantamweight titles, Eithan James lost to Owen Cooper, Joe Joyce defeated Kash Ali and Pierce O Leary was victorious over Hovhannes Martirosyan.

Heaney vs Pauls stats

Nathan Heaney stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Brad Pauls made his way to the ring with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Nathan Heaney was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Heaney had a height advantage of 3 inches over Pauls. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Nathan Heaney & Brad Pauls fought out of an orthodox stance.

Heaney was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 8 months later than Pauls, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 133 to Pauls' 106.

Nathan Heaney went into the fight ranked number 12 by the WBA, 15 by the WBC, 5 by the WBO and 11 by the IBF at middleweight.

Heaney vs Pauls form

Heaney remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Denzel Bentley on 18th November 2023 by majority decision in their BBBOC British Middleweight championship fight at AO Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jack Flatley on 25th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Telford International Centre, Telford.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jack Flatley on 24th September 2022 by technical decision in their 5 round contest at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Before that, he had won against Diego Ramirez on 16th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Telford International Centre, Telford.

He had beat Sladan Janjanin on 6th November 2021 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Utilita Arena, Birmingham.

Activity check

Heaney's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Heaney vs Pauls start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:30 PM GMT at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, which was 6:30 PM EST or 3:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Heaney vs Pauls?

The ESPN+ show is expected to begin at 1:30 PM EST / 10:30 AM PST. The TNT Sports 1 broadcast of the card is expected to start at 6:30 PM (BTS).

What were the odds on Heaney vs Pauls?

Nathan Heaney was a 3/10 (-330) favourite going into the contest, while Brad Pauls made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.