Who won Islam vs Kelly?
‘Jimmy’ Kilrain Kelly beat Kanat Islam by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Friday 25th February 2022 at Whitesands Events Center in Florida.
The scorecards were announced as 94-96, 93-97, 95-95 in favor of winner ‘Jimmy’ Kilrain Kelly.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).
Islam vs Kelly stats
Back in February 2022, Kanat Islam stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 28 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
‘Jimmy’ Kilrain Kelly made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 10 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Islam had a massive power advantage over Kelly, boosting at 79% knock out percentage over Kelly's 40%.
Kanat Islam was the older man by 8 years, at 37 years old.
Kelly had a height advantage of 2 inches over Islam.
Both Kanat Islam & ‘Jimmy’ Kilrain Kelly fought out of an orthodox stance.
Islam's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Kelly's, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 months later than Kelly, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 46 less professional rounds, 126 to Kelly's 172.
Islam vs Kelly form
Islam had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Walter Kautondokwa on 26th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Previous to that, he had beat Julio De Jesus on 5th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty.
Going into that contest, he had won against Brandon Cook on 9th September 2017 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Saryarka Velodrome, Astana.
Before that, he had beat Norberto Gonzalez on 26th May 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Boca Raton Hotel & Club, Boca Raton, United States.
He had defeated Norberto Gonzalez on 26th May 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Boca Raton Hotel & Club, Florida.
Activity check
Islam's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.
Kelly's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.5 rounds on average.
What time did Islam vs Kelly start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Whitesands Events Center, Florida, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.
What were the odds on Islam vs Kelly?
Kanat Islam was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while ‘Jimmy’ Kilrain Kelly made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.
