Smith vs Blackledge

Who won Smith vs Blackledge?

Callum Smith beat Luke Blackledge by technical knockout in the 10th round on Saturday 10th December 2016 at Manchester Arena in Manchester.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

Smith vs Blackledge stats

Back in December 2016, Callum Smith stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 21 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Luke Blackledge made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 2 loses and 2 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Smith had a massive power advantage over Blackledge, boosting at 76% knock out percentage over Blackledge's 32%.

Callum Smith was the same age as Luke Blackledge, at 26 years old.

Both Callum Smith & Luke Blackledge fought out of an orthodox stance.

Smith was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 year later than Blackledge, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 131 more professional rounds, 159 to Blackledge's 28.

Smith vs Blackledge form

Smith had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Norbert Nemesapati on 10th September 2016 by technical knockout in the 6th round at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Cesar Hernan Reynoso on 29th May 2016 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Goodison Park Stadium, Liverpool.

Going into that contest, he had beat Hadillah Mohoumadi on 2nd April 2016 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Before that, he had won against Rocky Fielding on 7th November 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round in their BBBOC British Super Middleweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

He had beat Christopher Rebrasse on 26th June 2015 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Activity check

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.2 rounds on average.

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