Who won Metcalf vs Pennington?
James Metcalf beat Courtney Pennington by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday 10th December 2022 at First Direct Arena in Leeds.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner James Metcalf.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).
This fight appeared on the undercard of Josh Warrington losing to Luis Alberto Lopez for the IBF World Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Felix Cash beat Celso Neves and Ebanie Bridges defeated Shannon O’Connell.
Metcalf vs Pennington stats
James Metcalf stepped into the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws.
Courtney Pennington made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 5 loses and 3 draws.
James Metcalf was the younger man by 2 years, at 34 years old.
Metcalf had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pennington.
Both James Metcalf & Courtney Pennington fought out of an orthodox stance.
Metcalf was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 8 months earlier than Pennington, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 155 to Pennington's 142.
James Metcalf went into the fight ranked number 5 by the WBA at super welterweight.
Metcalf vs Pennington form
Metcalf had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Courtney Pennington on 10th December 2022 by technical knockout in the 6th round at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had won against Kerman Lejarraga on 20th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Bilbao Arena, País Vasco, Spain.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kieron Conway on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Echo Arena, Merseyside, United Kingdom.
Before that, he had lost to Ted Cheeseman on 27th March 2021 by knockout in the 11th round in their BBBOC British Super Welterweight championship fight at Europa Point Sports Complex, Gibraltar, Gibraltar.
He had beat Jason Welborn on 15th June 2019 by knockout in the 8th round in their CBC Commonwealth Super Welterweight championship fight at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Activity check
Metcalf's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.
What time did Metcalf vs Pennington start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:00 PM GMT at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom, which was 1:00 PM EST or 10:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America.
Who broadcast Metcalf vs Pennington?
Metcalf vs Pennington was broadcast on DAZN Global in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.
What were the odds on Metcalf vs Pennington?
James Metcalf was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Courtney Pennington made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.
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