Noakes vs Kumar

Who won Noakes vs Kumar?

Sam Noakes beat Karthik Sathish Kumar by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday, April 15th, 2023, at Copper Box Arena, London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Joe Joyce losing to Zhilei Zhang for the WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship. Also on the undercard Denzel Bentley beat Kieran Smith for the BBBOC British Middleweight belt, and Mikaela Mayer defeated Lucy Wildheart.

Noakes vs Kumar stats

Back in April 2023, Sam Noakes stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Karthik Sathish Kumar made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 10 wins and 0 draws.

Sam Noakes was the younger man by 1 year, at 26 years old.

Noakes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kumar.

Both Sam Noakes and Karthik Sathish Kumar fought out of an orthodox stance.

Noakes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2019, 5 months later than Kumar, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, totaling 77 compared to Kumar's 63.

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Noakes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 27 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What time did Noakes vs Kumar start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM BST at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

What were the odds on Noakes vs Kumar?

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