Parejo vs Zhakiyanov

Who won Parejo vs Zhakiyanov?

Zhanat Zhakiyanov beat Yonfrez Parejo by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 7th November 2015 at Salle des Étoiles in Monte Carlo.

The scorecards were announced as 113-115, 116-112, 113-116 in favor of winner Zhanat Zhakiyanov.

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 vacant WBA bantamweight championship of the world.

Parejo vs Zhakiyanov stats

Back in November 2015, Yonfrez Parejo stepped into the ring with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 1  draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Zhanat Zhakiyanov made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Zhakiyanov had a large advantage in power over Parejo, boosting at 72% knock out percentage over Parejo's 47%.

Yonfrez Parejo was the younger man by 3 years, at 29 years old.

Both Yonfrez Parejo & Zhanat Zhakiyanov fought out of an orthodox stance.

Parejo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 year and 2 months later than Zhakiyanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 183 to Zhakiyanov's 142.

Activity check

Zhakiyanov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 1 month and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Parejo vs Zhakiyanov?

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