Truax vs Brooks

Who won Truax vs Brooks?

Burley Brooks beat Caleb Truax by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, June 24th, 2023, at Armory, Minneapolis.

The scorecards were announced as 98-91, 96-93, 96-93 in favor of winner Burley Brooks.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Carlos Adames beating Julian Williams for the WBC Interim World Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Erickson Lubin beat Luis Arias, Fernando Martinez defeated Jade Bornea for the IBF World Junior Bantamweight title, and Wilner Soto was defeated by Jerwin Ancajas.

Truax vs Brooks stats

Back in June 2023, Caleb Truax stepped into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 5 losses, and 2 draws.

Burley Brooks made his way to the ring with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw.

Caleb Truax was the older man by 41 years, at 40 years old.

Brooks had a height advantage of 2 inches over Truax. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Caleb Truax and Burley Brooks fought out of an orthodox stance.

Truax was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 29 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 11 years and 11 months earlier than Brooks, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 224 more professional rounds, totaling 264 compared to Brooks' 40.

Truax vs Brooks form

Truax had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Caleb Plant on January 30, 2021, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, United States.

Prior to that, his contest against Peter Quillin on April 13, 2019 ended in a no contest at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by James DeGale on April 7, 2018, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Nevada.

Before that, he had won against James DeGale on December 9, 2017, by majority decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had beaten KeAndrae Leatherwood on August 25, 2017, by technical knockout in the 10th round at Grand Casino, Minnesota, USA.

Activity check

Truax's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 30 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 2 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 48 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.6 rounds on average.

What time did Truax vs Brooks start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Armory, Minneapolis, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Truax vs Brooks?

Caleb Truax was a 1/5 (-500) favorite going into the contest, while Burley Brooks made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.