Richards vs Laine

Who won Richards vs Laine?

Lerrone Richards beat Timo Laine by points in the 8th round on Friday 4th December 2020 at Wembley (SSE) Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced as 80-72 in favor of winner Lerrone Richards.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 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 Billy Joe Saunders beating Martin Murray for the WBO World Super Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard James Tennyson beat Josh O’Reilly for the WBA World Lightweight belt and Shannon Courtenay defeated Dorota Norek.

Richards vs Laine stats

Back in December 2020, Lerrone Richards stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Timo Laine made his way to the ring with a record of 28 wins, 14 loses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Laine had advantage in power over Richards, with a 43% knock out percentage over Richards' 23%.

Lerrone Richards was the younger man by 8 years, at 28 years old.

Laine had a height advantage of 1 inch over Richards.

Lerrone Richards fought out of the southpaw stance, while Timo Laine was an orthodox fighter.

Richards was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 29 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 year and 6 months later than Laine, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 119 to Laine's 122.

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Richards' last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Richards vs Laine start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM GMT at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London, 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 Laine?

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