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Dec 10 2016
Saturday

Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand

12 round contest @ Welterweight
Ali Funeka
Funeka
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15-0-1 
TKO 6
TKO 6
39-5-3

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The tape

29
Age
39
5' 9" / 175 cm
Height
6' 1" / 185 cm
68.1" / 173 cm
Reach
72" / 183 cm
Orthodox (R)
Stance
Orthodox (R)

Tape record

TKORTDUDUDTD
Form
TKOSDTKOTKOTD
15
Wins
39
10
By KO
31
67
KO%
79
0
Loses
5
Draws
3
2013
Debut
1995

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Jeff Horn vs Ali Funeka report


Who won Horn vs Funeka?

Jeff Horn beat Ali Funeka by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday 10th December 2016 at Vector Arena in Auckland.

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).

Horn vs Funeka stats

Back in December 2016, Jeff Horn stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero loses and 1  draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ali Funeka made his way to the ring with a record of 39 wins, 5 loses and 3 draws, with 31 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Funeka had advantage in power over Horn, with a 79% knock out percentage over Horn's 67%.

Jeff Horn was the younger man by 10 years, at 29 years old.

Funeka had a height advantage of 4 inches over Horn. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Jeff Horn & Ali Funeka fought out of an orthodox stance.

Horn was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 31 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 17 year and 5 months later than Funeka, whose first professional fight was in 1995. He had fought 107 less professional rounds, 154 to Funeka's 261.

Horn vs Funeka form

Horn had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Rico Mueller on 21st October 2016 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Sleeman Sports Complex, Brisbane, Australia.

Previous to that, he had defeated Randall Bailey on 27th April 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane.

Going into that contest, he had beat Ahmed El Mousaoui on 5th December 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Claudelands Arena, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Before that, he had won against Alfredo Rodolfo Blanco on 15th October 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at The Trusts Arena, Auckland.

He had beat Viktor Plotnykov on 1st August 2015 by technical decision in their 7 round contest at Stadium Southland, Invercargill.

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Horn's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

What time did Horn vs Funeka start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM UTC at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM GMT in the UK.

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