Kimura vs Sakamoto

Who won Kimura vs Sakamoto?

Sho Kimura beat Masahiro Sakamoto by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Wednesday 23rd November 2016 at Sumiyoshi SportsCenter in Osaka.

The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 114-114, 116-112 in favor of winner Sho Kimura.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 KG).

Kimura vs Sakamoto stats

Back in November 2016, Sho Kimura stepped into the ring with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 2  draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Masahiro Sakamoto made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 8 wins and 0 draws, with 4 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested that Kimura and Sakamoto have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

Sho Kimura was the older man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Both Sho Kimura & Masahiro Sakamoto fought out of an orthodox stance.

Kimura was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Sakamoto, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 58 more professional rounds, 131 to Sakamoto's 73.

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Kimura's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kimura vs Sakamoto?

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