Who won Niyomtrong vs Tanaka?

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

Thammanoon Niyomtrong stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

The stats suggested Tanaka had advantage in power over Niyomtrong, with a 53% knock out percentage over Niyomtrong's 35%.

Thammanoon Niyomtrong was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

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

Niyomtrong was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 year and 3 months later than Tanaka, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 206 to Tanaka's 176.

Niyomtrong vs Tanaka form

Niyomtrong remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Robert Paradero on 14th December 2021 by technical knockout in the 5th round in their WBA Super World Minimumweight championship fight at Saphan Hin, Phuket, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had beat Siridech Deebook on 5th October 2021 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA Super World Minimumweight championship fight at Chang Arena, Buriram.

Going into that contest, he had won against Norihito Tanaka on 3rd March 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Minimumweight championship fight at Nakhon Sawan Municipality Ground, Nakhon Sawan.

Before that, he had beat ArAr Andales on 2nd August 2019 by technical decision in their WBA World Minimumweight championship fight at City Hall Ground, Nakhon Sawan.

He had defeated Toto Landero on 6th March 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Minimumweight championship fight at Chonburi Provincial Ground, Chonburi.

Activity check

Niyomtrong's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

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