Sullivan vs Abreu

Who won Sullivan vs Abreu?

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan beat Berlin Abreu by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Friday, May 4th, 2018, at StubHub Center, Carson.

The scorecards were announced in favor of winner Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Ryan Garcia's and Jayson Velez's clash.

Sullivan vs Abreu stats

Back in May 2018, Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Berlin Abreu made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Abreu had a slight advantage in power over O'Sullivan, with a 79% knockout percentage compared to O'Sullivan's 70%.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan was the older man by 8 years, at 34 years old.

O'Sullivan had a height advantage of 2 inches over Abreu.

Both Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan and Berlin Abreu fought out of an orthodox stance.

O'Sullivan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Abreu, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 115 more professional rounds, totaling 167 compared to Abreu's 52.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan went into the fight ranked number 6 by the WBA, 11 by the WBC, 5 by the WBO, and 15 by the IBF at middleweight.

Sullivan vs Abreu form

O'Sullivan had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Antoine Douglas on December 16, 2017, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Place Bell, Quebec, Canada.

Prior to that, he had defeated Jaime Barboza on September 17, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chris Eubank Jr on December 12, 2015, by unanimous decision in the 7th round at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beaten David Toribio on October 10, 2015, by knockout in the 2nd round at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, United States.

He had won against Melvin Betancourt on May 23, 2015, by knockout in the 2nd round at Agganis Arena, Boston.

Activity check

O'Sullivan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 11 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.2 rounds on average.

What time did Sullivan vs Abreu start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at StubHub Center, Carson, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Sullivan vs Abreu?

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan was a 1/20 (-2000) favorite going into the contest, while Berlin Abreu made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+800) with oddsmakers.