Kelly vs Runowski

Who won Kelly vs Runowski?

Josh Kelly beat Przemyslaw Runowski by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 20th April 2019 at O2 Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced as 100-88, 100-89, 100-88 in favor of winner Josh Kelly.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Dave Allen beating Lucas Browne. Also, on the undercard Derek Chisora beat Senad Gashi, Joe Cordina defeated Andy Townend for the BBBOC British Lightweight title and Conor Benn was victorious over Josef Zahradnik.

Kelly vs Runowski stats

Back in April 2019, Josh Kelly stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Przemyslaw Runowski made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 17 wins and 0 draws, with 3 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Kelly had a massive power advantage over Runowski, boosting at 75% knock out percentage over Runowski's 18%.

Josh Kelly was the older man by 1 year, at 26 years old.

Josh Kelly fought out of the orthodox stance, while Przemyslaw Runowski was a .

Kelly was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 4 year later than Runowski, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 24 less professional rounds, 114 to Runowski's 138.

Josh Kelly went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBA at welterweight.

Kelly vs Runowski form

Kelly had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Kris George on 16th June 2018 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their CBC Commonwealth Welterweight championship fight at Metro Radio Arena, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Carlos Molina on 31st March 2018 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Principality Stadium, Wales.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jean Michel Hamilcaro on 13th December 2017 by technical knockout in the 6th round at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had won against Jose Luis Zuniga on 21st October 2017 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at The SSE Arena, Northern Ireland.

He had beat Tom Whitfield on 23rd June 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Walker Activity Dome, Tyne and Wear.

Activity check

Kelly's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.2 rounds on average.

What time did Kelly vs Runowski start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:30 PM BST at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 3:30 PM EST or 12:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Kelly vs Runowski?

Kelly vs Runowski was broadcast on Sky Sports Action in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Kelly vs Runowski?

Josh Kelly was a 1/100 (-10000) favourite going into the contest, while Przemyslaw Runowski made his way into the ring at 16/1 (+1600) with oddsmakers.