Richards vs Crighton

Who won Richards vs Crighton?

Craig Richards beat Boris Crighton by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday, February 10th, 2024, at Indigo at The O2, Greenwich.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Liam Dillon losing to Reece Bellotti for the BBBOC British Super Featherweight and CBC Commonwealth Super Featherweight championship. Also on the undercard Ibraheem Sulaimaan beat Jordan Patrick Tomasoni.

Richards vs Crighton stats

Back in February 2024, Craig Richards stepped into the ring with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.

Boris Crighton made his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws.

Craig Richards was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Both Craig Richards and Boris Crighton fought out of an orthodox stance.

Richards was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Crighton, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 87 more professional rounds, totaling 142 compared to Crighton's 55.

Richards vs Crighton form

Richards 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 Joshua Buatsi on May 21, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had won against Marek Matyja on October 30, 2021, by technical knockout in the 6th round at O2 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Dmitry Bivol on May 1, 2021, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Before that, he had beaten Shakan Pitters on December 18, 2020, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their BBBOC British Light heavyweight championship fight at Fly By Nite Rehearsal Studios, Worcestershire.

He had defeated Andre Sterling on June 21, 2019, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at York Hall, London.

Activity check

Richards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 20 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 11 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 51 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.2 rounds on average.

What time did Richards vs Crighton start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM GMT at Indigo at The O2, Greenwich, United Kingdom, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

What were the odds on Richards vs Crighton?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Richards vs Crighton.