Who won Ilunga vs Jones?
Martin Bakole Ilunga beat DL Jones by technical knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 23rd June 2018 at The SSE Hydro in Scotland.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.
Ilunga vs Jones stats
Back in June 2018, Martin Bakole Ilunga stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
DL Jones made his way to the ring with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw.
The stats suggested Bakole had a massive power advantage over Jones, boosting at 70% knock out percentage over Jones' 0%.
Martin Bakole Ilunga was the younger man by 12 years, at 25 years old.
Jones had a height advantage of 2 inches over Bakole.
Both Martin Bakole Ilunga & DL Jones fought out of an orthodox stance.
Bakole was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 months earlier than Jones, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 31 more professional rounds, 80 to Jones' 49.
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Bakole's last 3 fights had come over a period of 10 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.
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