Ito vs Watanabe

Who won Ito vs Watanabe?

Masayuki Ito beat Takuya Watanabe by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 31st December 2016 at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 117-111, 117-111 in favor of winner Masayuki Ito.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 KG).

Ito vs Watanabe stats

Back in December 2016, Masayuki Ito stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Takuya Watanabe made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 6 loses and 1 draw, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Watanabe had a slight advantage in power over Ito, with a 53% knock out percentage over Ito's 47%.

Masayuki Ito was the younger man by 2 years, at 26 years old.

Both Masayuki Ito & Takuya Watanabe fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ito was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 year and 4 months later than Watanabe, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 137 less professional rounds, 224 to Watanabe's 361.

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