Quillin vs Love

Who won Quillin vs Love?

Peter Quillin beat J’Leon Love by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 4th August 2018 at Nassau Coliseum in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 98-92, 98-92 in favor of winner Peter Quillin.

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 fight appeared on the undercard of Devon Alexander losing to Andre Berto. Also, on the undercard Luis Collazo beat Bryant Perrella, Marcus Browne defeated Lenin Castillo and Sergey Lipinets was victorious over Erick Bone.

Quillin vs Love stats

Back in August 2018, Peter Quillin stepped into the ring with a record of 33 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

J’Leon Love made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Quillin had advantage in power over Love, with a 70% knock out percentage over Love's 54%.

Peter Quillin was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Quillin had a height advantage of 1 inch over Love.

Both Peter Quillin & J’Leon Love fought out of an orthodox stance.

Quillin was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Love, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 196 to Love's 168.

J’Leon Love was ranked number 9 by the WBO and 6 by the IBF in the 168lb division.

Quillin vs Love form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Daniel Jacobs on 5th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round in their WBA World Middleweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Michael Zerafa on 12th September 2015 by knockout in the 5th round at Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket.

Going into that contest, he had drawn with Andy Lee on 11th April 2015 by split draw in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

Before that, he had won against Lukas Konecny on 19th April 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Middleweight championship fight at DC Armory, Washington.

He had beat Gabriel Rosado on 26th October 2013 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBO World Middleweight championship fight at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Love had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Dashon Johnson on 16th September 2016 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Michael Gbenga on 1st April 2016 by technical knockout in the 5th round at DC Armory, Washington.

Going into that contest, he had won against Marcus Upshaw on 29th September 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Palms Casino and Resort, Pearl Theater, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Jason Escalera on 21st June 2015 by technical knockout in the 7th round at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

He had beat Scott Sigmon on 28th March 2015 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, J’Leon Love had been fighting more than Peter Quillin.

Going to this contest, Peter Quillin had last fought 2 years, 7 months and 30 days ago, while J’Leon Love's last outing had been 1 year, 10 months and 19 days ago.

Quillin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

Love's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

What time did Quillin vs Love start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Nassau Coliseum, New York, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Quillin vs Love?

Quillin vs Love was broadcast on FOX in the US.

What were the odds on Quillin vs Love?

Peter Quillin was a 31/50 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while J’Leon Love made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.