Heerden vs Shikukutu

Who won Heerden vs Shikukutu?

Chris Van Heerden beat Sacky Shikukutu by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 22nd October 2016 at Emperors Palace in Gauteng.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 60-54, 60-54 in favor of winner Chris Van Heerden.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

Heerden vs Shikukutu stats

Back in October 2016, Chris Van Heerden stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sacky Shikukutu made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Shikukutu had a slight advantage in power over Van Heerden, with a 59% knock out percentage over Van Heerden's 50%.

Chris Van Heerden was the older man by 36 years, at 29 years old.

Both Chris Van Heerden & Sacky Shikukutu fought out of a southpaw stance.

Van Heerden was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 1 year and 11 months earlier than Shikukutu, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 236 to Shikukutu's 233.

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Van Heerden's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 1 month and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

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