Oguni vs Nghitumbwa

When is Oguni vs Nghitumbwa?

Yukinori Oguni will square off against Fillipus Nghitumbwa on Sunday, October 13th, 2024, at Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama.

The fight will take place over 8 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which means the weight limit will be 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 kg).

This fight will appear on the undercard of Vince Paras' and Hiroto Kyoguchi's clash. Also on the undercard will be John Riel Casimero's and Saul Sanchez's bout.

Oguni vs Nghitumbwa stats

Yukinori Oguni steps into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 2 losses, and 3 draws, 8 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Fillipus Nghitumbwa will make his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggest Nghitumbwa has a massive power advantage over Oguni, boasting a 86% knockout percentage compared to Oguni's 38%.

Yukinori Oguni is the older man by 8 years, at 36 years old.

Oguni has a height advantage of 3 inches over Nghitumbwa.

Both Yukinori Oguni and Fillipus Nghitumbwa fight out of an orthodox stance.

Oguni is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Nghitumbwa, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He has fought 119 more professional rounds, totaling 191 compared to Nghitumbwa's 72.

Fillipus Nghitumbwa is currently ranked number 10 by the WBO in the 122lb division.

Oguni vs Nghitumbwa form

Oguni has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight, he drew John Riel Casimero on October 12, 2023, by technical draw in their 4 round contest at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku, Japan.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Ryosuke Iwasa on September 13, 2017, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their IBF World Junior Featherweight championship fight at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jonathan Guzman on December 31, 2016, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Shimazu Arena, Kyoto.

Before that, he had beaten JP Macadumpis on August 2, 2016, by knockout in the 1st round at Shinjuku FACE.

He had defeated Pipat Chaiporn on April 19, 2016, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Korakuen Hall.

Activity check

Oguni's last 5 fights have come over a period of 8 years, 5 months and 24 days, which means he has been fighting approximately every 1 year, 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time does Oguni vs Nghitumbwa start?

The fighters are expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 AM UTC at Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama, Japan, which is 5:00 AM EST or 2:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 AM BST in the UK.

What are the odds on Oguni vs Nghitumbwa?

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