Who won Inoue vs Kongkan?

Takeshi Inoue beat Niwat Kongkan by technical knockout in the 8th round on Friday 10th November 2017 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

Inoue vs Kongkan stats

Takeshi Inoue stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero loses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Niwat Kongkan made his way to the ring with a record of 7 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Kongkan had a massive power advantage over Inoue, boosting at 86% knock out percentage over Inoue's 55%.

Takeshi Inoue was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Both Takeshi Inoue & Niwat Kongkan fought out of an orthodox stance.

Inoue was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 year and 7 months later than Kongkan, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 126 to Kongkan's 78.

Inoue vs Kongkan form

Inoue had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jaime Munguia on 26th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Houston, Texas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Yuki Nonaka on 26th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beat Niwat Kongkan on 10th November 2017 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Before that, he had won against Riku Nagahama on 10th August 2017 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

He had beat Koshinmaru Saito on 25th April 2017 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Activity check

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Inoue vs Kongkan?

Takeshi Inoue was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Niwat Kongkan made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.