Walsh vs McCullagh

Who won Walsh vs McCullagh?

Ryan Walsh beat Tyrone McCullagh by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Friday, February 21st, 2020.

The scorecards were announced as 97-91, 96-92, 97-91 in favor of winner Ryan Walsh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Walsh vs McCullagh beating Walsh vs McCullagh. Also on the undercard Ohara Davies beat Jeff Ofori, Tyrone McKenna defeated Mohamed Mimoune, and Leigh Wood was defeated by Jazza Dickens for the CBC Commonwealth Featherweight championship.

Walsh vs McCullagh stats

Back in February 2020, Ryan Walsh stepped into the ring with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws, 12 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Tyrone McCullagh made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 14 wins and 0 draws, with 6 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Walsh had a slight advantage in power over McCullagh, with a 48% knockout percentage compared to McCullagh's 43%.

Ryan Walsh was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Walsh had a height advantage of 1 inch over McCullagh.

Both Ryan Walsh and Tyrone McCullagh fought out of an orthodox stance.

Walsh was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 5 months earlier than McCullagh, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 168 more professional rounds, totaling 249 compared to McCullagh's 81.

Ryan Walsh went into the fight ranked number 15 by the WBC, 3 by the WBO, and 12 by the IBF at featherweight.

Tyrone McCullagh was ranked number 8 by the WBO in the 126lb division.

Walsh vs McCullagh form

Walsh had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Hairon Socarras on October 4, 2019, by technical knockout in the 9th round at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had won against Lewis Paulin on June 28, 2019, by split decision in their BBBOC British Featherweight championship fight at York Hall, London.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Reece Bellotti on December 22, 2018, by split decision in their BBBOC British Featherweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

Before that, he had drawn with Isaac Lowe on February 17, 2018, by split draw in their BBBOC British Featherweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

He had defeated Marco McCullough on May 20, 2017, by technical knockout in the 11th round in their BBBOC British Featherweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London.

Activity check

Walsh's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 1 day, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

McCullagh's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Walsh vs McCullagh start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:30 PM UTC , which was 3:30 PM EST or 12:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:30 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Walsh vs McCullagh?

Ryan Walsh was a 1/4 (-400) favorite going into the contest, while Tyrone McCullagh made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.