Ito vs Mishiro

Who won Ito vs Mishiro?

Hironori Mishiro beat Masayuki Ito by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, December 26th, 2020, at Sumida City Gymnasium, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 96-94, 95-95, 96-94 in favor of winner Hironori Mishiro.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

Ito vs Mishiro stats

Back in December 2020, Masayuki Ito stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw, 14 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Hironori Mishiro made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 9 wins and 1 draw, with 3 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Ito had a large advantage in power over Mishiro, boasting a 54% knockout percentage compared to Mishiro's 33%.

Masayuki Ito was the older man by 3 years, at 30 years old.

Mishiro had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ito.

Both Masayuki Ito and Hironori Mishiro fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ito was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Mishiro, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 84 more professional rounds, totaling 224 compared to Mishiro's 140.

Ito vs Mishiro form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jamel Herring on May 25, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Osceola Heritage Park, Florida, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Evgeny Chuprakov on December 30, 2018, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had won against Christopher Diaz on July 28, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Kissimmee, Florida, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Vergil Puton on March 3, 2018, by technical knockout in the 9th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

He had defeated Glenn Enterina on September 2, 2017, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Activity check

Ito's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 24 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

What time did Ito vs Mishiro start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Sumida City Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Ito vs Mishiro?

Masayuki Ito was a 9/25 (-280) favorite going into the contest, while Hironori Mishiro made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.