Who won Tszyu vs Cornejo?
Tim Tszyu beat Marcos Jesus Cornejo by technical knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 8th September 2018 at Bendigo Stadium in Victoria.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).
Tszyu vs Cornejo stats
Tim Tszyu stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Marcos Jesus Cornejo made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Cornejo had advantage in power over Tszyu, with a 95% knock out percentage over Tszyu's 80%.
Tim Tszyu was the younger man by 13 years, at 28 years old.
Both Tim Tszyu & Marcos Jesus Cornejo fought out of an orthodox stance.
Tszyu was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 year later than Cornejo, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 58 more professional rounds, 116 to Cornejo's 58.
Tszyu vs Cornejo form
Tszyu remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Terrell Gausha on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at The Armory, Minneapolis, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat Takeshi Inoue on 17th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, New South Wales, Australia.
Going into that contest, he had won against Dennis Hogan on 31st March 2021 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales.
Before that, he had beat Bowyn Morgan on 16th December 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Bankwest Stadium, New South Wales.
He had defeated Jeff Horn on 26th August 2020 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Queensland.
Activity check
Tszyu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.
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