Tabiti vs Wilson

Who won Tabiti vs Wilson?

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

The scorecards were announced as 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

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 33 years, at 33 years old.

Tabiti had a height advantage of 1 inch over Wilson.

Both Andrew Tabiti & 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 68 more professional rounds, 98 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 15th June 2019 by knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Cruiserweight championship fight at Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia.

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

Going into that contest, he had beat Lateef Kayode on 11th May 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 26th August 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Quantis Graves on 24th February 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 6 years, 3 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months 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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