Parker vs Murdock

Who won Parker vs Murdock?

Zach Parker beat Rohan Murdock by technical knockout in the 11th round on Saturday 7th March 2020 at Manchester Arena in Lancashire.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

This contest was an eliminator for the WBO super middleweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Scott Quigg losing to Jono Carroll. Also, on the undercard Anthony Fowler beat Jack Flatley and Hughie Fury defeated Pavel Sour.

Parker vs Murdock stats

Back in March 2020, Zach Parker stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Rohan Murdock made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Murdock had a slight advantage in power over Parker, with a 71% knock out percentage over Parker's 67%.

Zach Parker was the younger man by 3 years, at 25 years old.

Parker had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Zach Parker & Rohan Murdock fought out of an orthodox stance.

Parker was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 4 year and 7 months later than Murdock, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 25 less professional rounds, 120 to Murdock's 145.

Zach Parker went into the fight ranked number 8 by the WBA, 2 by the WBO and 5 by the IBF at super middleweight.

Rohan Murdock was ranked number 1 by the WBO in the 168lb division.

Parker vs Murdock form

Parker had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Darryll Williams on 3rd November 2018 by split decision in their BBBOC British Super Middleweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Geard Ajetovic on 14th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Baden-Arena, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Going into that contest, he had won against Adasat Rodriguez on 17th February 2018 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beat Matingu Kindele on 7th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

He had defeated Luke Blackledge on 16th September 2017 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Parker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.2 rounds on average.

What time did Parker vs Murdock start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM GMT at Manchester Arena, Lancashire, United Kingdom, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Parker vs Murdock?

Parker vs Murdock was broadcast on Sky Sports Action in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Parker vs Murdock?

Zach Parker was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Rohan Murdock made his way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.