Who won Tapales vs Kimura?
Marlon Tapales beat Hayato Kimura by technical decision in their 5 round contest on Sunday 13th April 2014 at Sangyo Hall in Kanazawa.
The scorecards were announced as 119-108, 117-110, 117-110 in favor of winner Marlon Tapales.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).
Tapales vs Kimura stats
Back in April 2014, Marlon Tapales stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Hayato Kimura made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Kimura had a massive power advantage over Tapales, boosting at 71% knock out percentage over Tapales' 38%.
Marlon Tapales was the younger man by 2 years, at 23 years old.
Kimura had a height advantage of 3 inches over Tapales.
Marlon Tapales fought out of the southpaw stance, while Hayato Kimura was an orthodox fighter.
Tapales' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Kimura's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 year later than Kimura, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 82 more professional rounds, 268 to Kimura's 186.
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