Rigondeaux vs Dickens

Who won Rigondeaux vs Dickens?

Guillermo Rigondeaux beat Jazza Dickens by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 16th July 2016 at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Guillermo Rigondeaux.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).

This contest was for the WBA super bantamweight championship of the world.

Rigondeaux vs Dickens stats

Back in July 2016, Guillermo Rigondeaux stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jazza Dickens made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Rigondeaux had a massive power advantage over Dickens, boosting at 63% knock out percentage over Dickens' 32%.

Guillermo Rigondeaux was the older man by 10 years, at 36 years old.

Dickens had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rigondeaux. Despite this, he had 5-inch reach advantage.

Both Guillermo Rigondeaux & Jazza Dickens fought out of a southpaw stance.

Rigondeaux was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Dickens, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 71 less professional rounds, 164 to Dickens' 235.

Rigondeaux vs Dickens form

Dickens had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Reynaldo Cajina on 12th March 2016 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Martin Ward on 20th November 2015 by split decision in their BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship fight at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring.

Going into that contest, he had beat Arnoldo Solano on 25th July 2015 by points in the 6th round at Ellesmere Port Sports Village, Ellesmere Port.

Before that, he had won against Josh Wale on 6th March 2015 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

He had been beaten by Kid Galahad on 14th September 2013 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship fight at Magna Centre, Rotherham.

Activity check

Rigondeaux's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.5 rounds on average.

Dickens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

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