Who won Tszyu vs Vassell?

Tim Tszyu beat Denton Vassell by knockout in the 2nd round on Friday 8th February 2019 at Hordern Pavilion in New South Wales.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

Tszyu vs Vassell stats

Tim Tszyu stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Denton Vassell made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Tszyu had a massive power advantage over Vassell, boosting at 82% knock out percentage over Vassell's 44%.

Tim Tszyu was the younger man by 10 years, at 28 years old.

Tszyu had a height advantage of 1 inch over Vassell.

Both Tim Tszyu & Denton Vassell fought out of an orthodox stance.

Tszyu was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 10 year and 3 months later than Vassell, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 46 less professional rounds, 116 to Vassell's 162.

Tszyu vs Vassell form

Tszyu remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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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