Ilunga vs Hernandez

Who won Ilunga vs Hernandez?

Martin Bakole Ilunga beat Rodney Hernandez by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 2nd November 2019 at Manchester Arena in Lancashire.

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

Ilunga vs Hernandez stats

Back in November 2019, Martin Bakole Ilunga stepped into the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Rodney Hernandez made his way to the ring with a record of 13 wins, 8 loses and 2 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Bakole had a massive power advantage over Hernandez, boosting at 79% knock out percentage over Hernandez's 31%.

Martin Bakole Ilunga was the younger man by 5 years, at 26 years old.

Both Martin Bakole Ilunga & Rodney Hernandez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Bakole was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 year and 4 months later than Hernandez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 43 less professional rounds, 80 to Hernandez's 123.

Ilunga vs Hernandez form

Martin Bakole Ilunga had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Kevin Johnson on 19th October 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Newcastle Arena, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Ytalo Perea on 2nd August 2019 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Exhibition Centre, Liverpool.

Going into that contest, he had beat Mariusz Wach on 6th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Spodek, Katowice, Poland.

Before that, he had been beaten by Michael Hunter on 13th October 2018 by technical knockout in the 10th round at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

He had won against DL Jones on 23rd June 2018 by technical knockout in the 1st round at The SSE Hydro, Scotland.

Activity check

Bakole's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

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