Huni vs Tabiti

Who won Huni vs Tabiti?

Justis Huni beat Andrew Tabiti by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 28th October 2023 at Poliforum Benito Juarez in Cancun.

The scorecards were announced as 100-90, 98-92, 98-92 in favor of winner Justis Huni.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of O’Shaquie Foster beating Eduardo Hernandez for the WBC World Super Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Eduardo Nunez beat Oscar Escandon.

Huni vs Tabiti stats

Back in October 2023, Justis Huni stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Andrew Tabiti made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Justis Huni was the younger man by 9 years, at 25 years old.

Huni had a height advantage of 3 inches over Tabiti. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Justis Huni & Andrew Tabiti fought out of an orthodox stance.

Huni was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 less fights, and made his debut in 2020, 7 year and 3 months later than Tabiti, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 72 to Tabiti's 108.

Huni vs Tabiti form

Huni remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Kiki Toa Leutele on 4th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Nissan Arena, Nathan, Australia.

Previous to that, he had beat Kiki Toa Leutele on 4th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Nissan Arena, Nathan.

Going into that contest, he had won against Joseph Goodall on 15th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Nissan Arena, Queensland.

Before that, he had beat Paul Gallen on 16th June 2021 by technical knockout in the 10th round at ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney.

He had defeated Paul Gallen on 16th June 2021 by technical knockout in the 10th round at ICC Exhibition Centre, Sydney.

Tabiti had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against James Wilson on 20th August 2022 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Yuniel Dorticos on 15th June 2019 by knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Cruiserweight championship fight at Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ruslan Fayfer on 13th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Ekaterinburg Expo, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Before that, he had defeated Lateef Kayode on 11th May 2018 by knockout in the 6th round at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nevada, United States.

He had beat Steve Cunningham on 26th August 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Justis Huni had been fighting more than Andrew Tabiti.

Going to this contest, Justis Huni had last fought 11 months and 24 days ago, while Andrew Tabiti's last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 8 days ago.

Huni's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

Tabiti's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

What time did Huni vs Tabiti start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 3:00 AM UTC at Poliforum Benito Juarez, Cancun, Mexico, which was 11:00 PM EST or 8:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Huni vs Tabiti?

Huni vs Tabiti was broadcast on DAZN Global in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Huni vs Tabiti?

Justis Huni was a 1/14 (-1400) favourite going into the contest, while Andrew Tabiti made his way into the ring at 13/2 (+650) with oddsmakers.