Niyomtrong vs Tanaka

Who won Niyomtrong vs Tanaka?

Thammanoon Niyomtrong beat Norihito Tanaka by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020, at Nakhon Sawan Municipality Ground, Nakhon Sawan.

The scorecards were announced as 120-107, 119-108, 120-107 in favor of winner Thammanoon Niyomtrong.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds .

This contest was for the WBA championship of the world.

Niyomtrong vs Tanaka stats

Back in March 2020, Thammanoon Niyomtrong stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Norihito Tanaka made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, with 10 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Tanaka had an advantage in power over Niyomtrong, with a 53% knockout percentage compared to Niyomtrong's 35%.

Thammanoon Niyomtrong was the younger man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Both Thammanoon Niyomtrong and Norihito Tanaka fought out of an orthodox stance.

Niyomtrong was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 years and 3 months later than Tanaka, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, totaling 225 compared to Tanaka's 184.

Niyomtrong vs Tanaka form

Thammanoon Niyomtrong had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten ArAr Andales on August 2, 2019, by technical decision in their WBA World Minimumweight championship fight at City Hall Ground, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand.

Prior to that, he had beaten Toto Landero on March 6, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Minimumweight championship fight at Chonburi Provincial Ground, Chonburi.

Going into that contest, he had won against Shin Ono on December 14, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Minimumweight championship fight at Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Ground, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Before that, he had beaten Byron Rojas on June 29, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Minimumweight championship fight at City Hall's Ground, Khon Kaen.

He had defeated Carlos Buitrago on February 4, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Minimumweight championship fight at City Hall Ground, Chonburi.

Activity check

Niyomtrong's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 28 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 9 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

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