Tszyu vs Ritchie

Who won Tszyu vs Ritchie?

Tim Tszyu beat Dwight Ritchie by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Wednesday 14th August 2019 at ICC Exhibition Centre in New South Wales.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Tim Tszyu.

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 Ritchie stats

Back in August 2019, Tim Tszyu stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Dwight Ritchie made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 2 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Tszyu had a massive power advantage over Ritchie, boosting at 77% knock out percentage over Ritchie's 11%.

Tim Tszyu was the younger man by 3 years, at 25 years old.

Both Tim Tszyu & Dwight Ritchie fought out of an orthodox stance.

Tszyu was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 7 year and 5 months later than Ritchie, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 51 less professional rounds, 141 to Ritchie's 192.

Tim Tszyu went into the fight ranked number 12 by the IBF at super welterweight.

Dwight Ritchie was ranked number 9 by the IBF in the 154lb division.

Tszyu vs Ritchie form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Joel Camilleri on 15th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at The Star, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Previous to that, he had beat Denton Vassell on 8th February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hordern Pavilion, New South Wales.

Going into that contest, he had won against Marcos Jesus Cornejo on 8th September 2018 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Bendigo Stadium, Victoria.

Before that, he had beat Stevie Ongen Ferdinandus on 3rd August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Australian Technology Park, New South Wales.

He had defeated Larry Siwu on 24th May 2018 by technical knockout in the 4th round at The Star, Sydney, New South Wales.

Activity check

Tszyu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

What time did Tszyu vs Ritchie start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at ICC Exhibition Centre, New South Wales, Australia, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Tszyu vs Ritchie?

Tim Tszyu was a 3/25 (-830) favourite going into the contest, while Dwight Ritchie made his way into the ring at 5/1 (+500) with oddsmakers.