Oubaali vs Inoue

Who won Oubaali vs Inoue?

Nordine Oubaali beat Takuma Inoue by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Thursday, November 7th, 2019, at Super Arena, Saitama.

The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 120-107, 117-110 in favor of winner Nordine Oubaali.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

This contest was for the WBC bantamweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Nonito Donaire's and Naoya Inoue's clash for the WBA Super World Bantamweight, IBF World Bantamweight and The Ring Bantamweight championship.

Oubaali vs Inoue stats

Back in November 2019, Nordine Oubaali stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Takuma Inoue made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 13 wins and 0 draws, with 3 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Oubaali had a massive power advantage over Inoue, boasting a 75% knockout percentage compared to Inoue's 23%.

Nordine Oubaali was the older man by 10 years, at 33 years old.

Inoue had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oubaali. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Nordine Oubaali and Takuma Inoue fought out of an orthodox stance.

Oubaali's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Inoue's, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 months later than Inoue, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 105 fewer professional rounds, totaling 98 compared to Inoue's 203.

Oubaali vs Inoue form

Oubaali had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Arthur Villanueva on July 6, 2019, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Bantamweight championship fight at Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan.

Prior to that, he had defeated Rau’shee Warren on January 19, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Bantamweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Luis Melendez on April 7, 2018, by knockout in the 2nd round at Dome de Paris-Palais des Sports, Paris, France.

Before that, he had won against Alejandro Hernandez on June 2, 2017, by technical knockout in the 10th round at Palais des Sports Porte de Versailles, Paris.

He had beaten Julio Cesar Miranda on December 17, 2016, by technical knockout in the 12th round at Gymnase du Clos de l'Arche, Seine-Saint-Denis.

Inoue had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Tasana Salapat on December 30, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBC Interim World Bantamweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had defeated Mark John Yap on September 11, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had won against Waldo Sabu on May 25, 2018, by knockout in the 1st round at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Before that, he had defeated Kentaro Masuda on December 30, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Bunka Gym, Kanagawa.

He had beaten Hiroyuki Kudaka on August 30, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Takuma Inoue had been fighting more than Nordine Oubaali.

Going into this contest, Nordine Oubaali had last fought 4 months and 1 day ago, while Takuma Inoue's last outing had been 10 months and 8 days ago.

Oubaali's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 21 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.4 rounds on average.

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

What time did Oubaali vs Inoue start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:30 AM UTC at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan, which was 6:30 AM EST or 3:30 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:30 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Oubaali vs Inoue?

The fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Oubaali vs Inoue?

Nordine Oubaali was a 3/10 (-330) favorite going into the contest, while Takuma Inoue made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.