Who won Islam vs Jesus?
Kanat Islam beat Julio De Jesus by knockout in the 1st round on Friday, July 5th, 2019, at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty.
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).
Islam vs Jesus stats
Back in July 2019, Kanat Islam stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by way of knockout.
Julio De Jesus made his way to the ring with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 24 of those wins by knockout.
The stats suggested Jesus had a slight advantage in power over Islam, with a 89% knockout percentage compared to Islam's 80%.
Kanat Islam was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.
Jesus had a height advantage of 2 inches over Islam.
Both Kanat Islam and Julio De Jesus fought out of an orthodox stance.
Islam was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 1 month later than Jesus, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 38 more professional rounds, totaling 126 compared to Jesus' 88.
Islam vs Jesus form
Islam had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Brandon Cook on September 9, 2017, by technical knockout in the 9th round at Saryarka Velodrome, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Prior to that, he had beaten Norberto Gonzalez on May 26, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Boca Raton Hotel & Club, Boca Raton, United States.
Going into that contest, he had won against Norberto Gonzalez on May 26, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Boca Raton Hotel & Club, Florida.
Before that, he had beaten Robson Assis on February 17, 2017, by knockout in the 1st round at Chase Center, Delaware.
He had defeated Patrick Allotey on October 29, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Almaty Arena, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Activity check
Islam's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 6 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.
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