Who won Heerden vs Claggett?
Chris Van Heerden beat Steve Claggett by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 16th April 2016 at Downtown Las Vegas Event Center in Nevada.
The scorecards were announced as 97-93, 97-93, 95-95 in favor of winner Chris Van Heerden.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).
Heerden vs Claggett stats
Back in April 2016, Chris Van Heerden stepped into the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Steve Claggett made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 16 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Claggett had advantage in power over Van Heerden, with a 70% knock out percentage over Van Heerden's 52%.
Chris Van Heerden was the older man by 2 years, at 29 years old.
Van Heerden had a height advantage of 1 inch over Claggett. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Chris Van Heerden fought out of the southpaw stance, while Steve Claggett was an orthodox fighter.
Van Heerden was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2006, 2 years earlier than Claggett, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 40 less professional rounds, 236 to Claggett's 276.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Steve Claggett had been fighting more than Chris Van Heerden.
Going to this contest, Chris Van Heerden had last fought 7 months and 5 days ago, while Steve Claggett's last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 23 days ago.
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