Who won Quillin vs Truax?
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 Sergiy Derevyanchenko beating Jack Culcay for the IBF World Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard Lionell Thompson beat Sakio Bika.
Quillin vs Truax stats
Back in April 2019, Peter Quillin stepped into the ring with a record of 34 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Caleb Truax made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 4 loses and 2 draws, with 19 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Quillin had a slight advantage in power over Truax, with a 68% knock out percentage over Truax's 63%.
Peter Quillin was the same age as Caleb Truax, at 35 years old.
Truax had a height advantage of 1 inch over Quillin. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.
Both Peter Quillin & Caleb Truax fought out of an orthodox stance.
Quillin's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Truax's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2005, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Truax, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 68 less professional rounds, 196 to Truax's 264.
Peter Quillin went into the fight ranked number 6 by the WBA and 4 by the IBF at super middleweight.
Caleb Truax was ranked number 3 by the WBC and 5 by the IBF in the 168lb division.
Quillin vs Truax form
Quillin had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beat J’Leon Love on 4th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Nassau Coliseum, New York, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by 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.
Going into that contest, he had beat Michael Zerafa on 12th September 2015 by knockout in the 5th round at Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket.
Before that, he had drawn with Andy Lee on 11th April 2015 by split draw in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.
He had won against Lukas Konecny on 19th April 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Middleweight championship fight at DC Armory, Washington.
Truax had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to James DeGale on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Nevada, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat James DeGale on 9th December 2017 by majority decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Going into that contest, he had defeated KeAndrae Leatherwood on 25th August 2017 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Grand Casino, Minnesota, USA.
Before that, he had won against Zachariah Kelley on 20th August 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wisconsin Center, Wisconsin.
He had lost to Anthony Dirrell on 29th April 2016 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, United States.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Caleb Truax had been fighting more than Peter Quillin.
Going to this contest, Peter Quillin had last fought 8 months and 9 days ago, while Caleb Truax's last outing had been 1 year and 6 days ago.
Quillin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.
Truax's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.
What time did Quillin vs Truax start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Quillin vs Truax?
Quillin vs Truax was broadcast on Fox Sport 1 in the US.
What were the odds on Quillin vs Truax?
Peter Quillin was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Caleb Truax made his way into the ring at 19/10 (+190) with oddsmakers.
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