Tabiti vs Wilson

Who won Tabiti vs Wilson?

Andrew Tabiti beat James Wilson by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday, August 20th, 2022, at Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah.

The scorecards were announced in favor of winner Andrew Tabiti.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk beating Anthony Joshua for the IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight, WBO World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship. Also on the undercard Callum Smith beat Mathieu Bauderlique for the WBA World Light Heavyweight belt, Filip Hrgovic defeated Zhilei Zhang, Badou Jack was victorious over Richard Rivera, and Ben Whittaker beat Petar Nosic.

Tabiti vs Wilson stats

Back in August 2022, Andrew Tabiti stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws.

James Wilson made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 7 wins and 1 draw.

Andrew Tabiti was the older man by 35 years, at 33 years old.

Tabiti had a height advantage of 1 inch over Wilson.

Both Andrew Tabiti and James Wilson fought out of an orthodox stance.

Tabiti was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Wilson, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 78 more professional rounds, totaling 108 compared to Wilson's 30.

Tabiti vs Wilson form

Tabiti had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Yuniel Dorticos on June 15, 2019, by knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Cruiserweight championship fight at Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia.

Prior to that, he had won against Ruslan Fayfer on October 13, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Ekaterinburg Expo, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Lateef Kayode on May 11, 2018, by knockout in the 6th round at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nevada, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Steve Cunningham on August 26, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Quantis Graves on February 24, 2017, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Pechanga Resort & Casino, California.

Activity check

Tabiti's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 27 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 1 month and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Tabiti vs Wilson start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:00 PM UTC at Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which was 2:00 PM EST or 11:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 7:00 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Tabiti vs Wilson?

Tabiti vs Wilson was broadcast on Sky Box Office HD in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Tabiti vs Wilson?

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