Truax vs Brooks

Who won Truax vs Brooks?

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

The scorecards were announced as 91-98, 93-96, 93-96 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 loses and 2 draws.

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

Caleb Truax was the older man by 40 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 & 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, 264 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 30th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Peter Quillin on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by James DeGale on 7th April 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 9th December 2017 by majority decision in their IBF World Super Middleweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had beat KeAndrae Leatherwood on 25th August 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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) favourite going into the contest, while Burley Brooks made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.