Tete vs Ruiz

Who won Tete vs Ruiz?

Zolani Tete beat Victor Ruiz by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 4th June 2016 at Echo Arena in Liverpool.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

Tete vs Ruiz stats

Zolani Tete stepped into the ring with a record of 23 wins, 3 loses and 0  draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Victor Ruiz 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 Tete had advantage in power over Ruiz, with a 83% knock out percentage over Ruiz's 71%.

Zolani Tete was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Both Zolani Tete & Victor Ruiz fought out of a southpaw stance.

Tete was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2006, 5 years and 1 month earlier than Ruiz, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 95 more professional rounds, 189 to Ruiz's 94.

Tete vs Ruiz form

Tete had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Victor Ruiz on 4th June 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jose Santos Gonzalez on 12th March 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jether Oliva on 18th December 2015 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Orient Theatre, East London, South Africa.

Before that, he had won against Diuhl Olguin on 4th September 2015 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Orient Theatre, East London.

He had beat Paul Butler on 6th March 2015 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Tete's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.4 rounds on average.

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