Herring vs Shafikov

Who won Herring vs Shafikov?

Denis Shafikov beat Jamel Herring by technical knockout in the 10th round on Saturday 2nd July 2016 at Santander Arena in Reading.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Herring vs Shafikov stats

Back in July 2016, Jamel Herring stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Denis Shafikov made his way to the ring with a record of 36 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 19 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested that Herring and Shafikov have similar power, both with a 53% knock out percentage.

Jamel Herring was the same age as Denis Shafikov, at 31 years old.

Herring had a height advantage of 5 inches over Shafikov. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Jamel Herring fought out of the orthodox stance, while Denis Shafikov was a southpaw.

Herring was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 year later than Shafikov, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 131 less professional rounds, 183 to Shafikov's 314.

Herring vs Shafikov form

Shafikov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rances Barthelemy on 18th December 2015 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Lightweight championship fight at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Roy Mukhlis on 18th July 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

Going into that contest, he had beat Miguel Angel Mendoza on 13th December 2014 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had won against Rustam Nugaev on 15th August 2014 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez.

He had been beaten by Miguel Vazquez on 22nd February 2014 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Lightweight championship fight at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

Activity check

Shafikov'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.

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