Love vs Upshaw

Who won Love vs Upshaw?

J’Leon Love beat Marcus Upshaw by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Tuesday 29th September 2015 at Palms Casino and Resort, Pearl Theater in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 98-92, 99-91, 99-91 in favor of winner J’Leon Love.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

Love vs Upshaw stats

Back in September 2015, J’Leon Love stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0  draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Marcus Upshaw made his way to the ring with a record of 18 wins, 14 loses and 4 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Love had a slight advantage in power over Upshaw, with a 55% knock out percentage over Upshaw's 50%.

J’Leon Love was the younger man by 7 years, at 28 years old.

Upshaw had a height advantage of 6 inches over Love.

Both J’Leon Love & Marcus Upshaw fought out of an orthodox stance.

Love was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 less fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 year and 8 months later than Upshaw, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 72 less professional rounds, 168 to Upshaw's 240.

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Love's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Love vs Upshaw?

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