Prograis vs McKenna

Who won Prograis vs McKenna?

Regis Prograis beat Tyrone McKenna by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday 19th March 2022 at Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Sunny Edwards' and Muhammad Waseem's clash for the IBF World Flyweight championship.

Prograis vs McKenna stats

Back in March 2022, Regis Prograis stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Tyrone McKenna made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Prograis had a massive power advantage over McKenna, boosting at 85% knock out percentage over McKenna's 27%.

Regis Prograis was the older man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

McKenna had a height advantage of 5 inches over Prograis.

Both Regis Prograis & Tyrone McKenna fought out of a southpaw stance.

Prograis' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to McKenna's, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 months earlier than McKenna, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 160 to McKenna's 182.

Regis Prograis went into the fight ranked number 6 by the WBA, 3 by the WBC, 7 by the WBO and 5 by the IBF at super lightweight.

Tyrone McKenna was ranked number 12 by the WBA and 10 by the WBO in the 140lb division.

Prograis vs McKenna form

Prograis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ivan Redkach on 17th April 2021 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Juan Heraldez on 31st October 2020 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Josh Taylor on 26th October 2019 by majority decision in their WBA Super World Super Lightweight, IBF World Junior Welterweight and The Ring Junior Welterweight championship fight at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beat Kiryl Relikh on 27th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at Cajun Dome, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States.

He had defeated Terry Flanagan on 27th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Lightweight championship fight at Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tyrone McKenna had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jose Felix Jr on 6th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Falls Park, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ohara Davies on 30th September 2020 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at York Hall, London.

Going into that contest, he had won against Mohamed Mimoune on 21st February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had defeated Mikey Sakyi on 22nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at York Hall, London.

He had beat Darragh Foley on 21st June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Ulster Hall, Northern Ireland.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Tyrone McKenna had been fighting more than Regis Prograis.

Going to this contest, Regis Prograis had last fought 11 months and 2 days ago, while Tyrone McKenna's last outing had been 7 months and 13 days ago.

Prograis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

McKenna's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Prograis vs McKenna start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:20 PM UTC at Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was 2:20 PM EST or 11:20 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 6:20 PM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Prograis vs McKenna?

Prograis vs McKenna was broadcast on Eurosport 2 in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by Fubo Sports Network.

What were the odds on Prograis vs McKenna?

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