Sullivan vs Barboza

Who won Sullivan vs Barboza?

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan beat Jaime Barboza by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 17th September 2016 at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Sullivan vs Barboza stats

Back in September 2016, Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan stepped into the ring with a record of 22 wins, 2 loses and 0  draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jaime Barboza made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested O'Sullivan had a large advantage in power over Barboza, boosting at 68% knock out percentage over Barboza's 47%.

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan was the younger man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

O'Sullivan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Barboza.

Both Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan & Jaime Barboza fought out of an orthodox stance.

O'Sullivan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 less fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 year and 3 months later than Barboza, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 167 to Barboza's 201.

Sullivan vs Barboza form

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Chris Eubank Jr on 12th December 2015 by in the 7th round at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

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

Going into that contest, he had won against Melvin Betancourt on 23rd May 2015 by knockout in the 2nd round at Agganis Arena, Boston.

Before that, he had beat Milton Nunez on 14th March 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had defeated Larry Smith on 26th February 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Memorial Hall, Melrose.

Activity check

O'Sullivan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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