Rozicki vs Durodola

Who won Rozicki vs Durodola?

Ryan Rozicki beat Olanrewaju Durodola by technical knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 2nd December 2023 at Sydney in Nova Scotia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 KG).

This contest was an eliminator for the WBC cruiserweight championship of the world.

Rozicki vs Durodola stats

Back in December 2023, Ryan Rozicki stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Olanrewaju Durodola made his way to the ring with a record of 43 wins, 9 loses and 0 draws.

Ryan Rozicki was the younger man by 14 years, at 29 years old.

Durodola had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Ryan Rozicki & Olanrewaju Durodola fought out of an orthodox stance.

Rozicki was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 32 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 year and 4 months later than Durodola, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 102 less professional rounds, 72 to Durodola's 174.

Ryan Rozicki went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBA, 1 by the WBC, 9 by the WBO and 5 by the IBF at cruiserweight.

Olanrewaju Durodola was ranked number 8 by the WBC in the 200lb division.

Rozicki vs Durodola form

Durodola had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Richard Riakporhe on 20th November 2021 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ilunga Makabu on 19th December 2020 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBC World Cruiserweight championship fight at Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Michal Cieslak on 31st May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at MZOS Pruszków, ul. Bohaterów Warszawy 4, Pruszków, Poland.

Before that, he had been beaten by Krzysztof Wlodarczyk on 2nd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at G2A Arena, Jasionka 953, Rzeszow.

He had lost to Maksim Vlasov on 3rd February 2018 by unanimous decision in the 10th round at Bolshoy Ice Dome, Adler, Russia.

Activity check

Durodola's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

What time did Rozicki vs Durodola start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 4:00 AM UTC at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, which was 11:00 PM EST or 8:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Rozicki vs Durodola?

Ryan Rozicki was a 1/16 (-1700) favourite going into the contest, while Olanrewaju Durodola made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.