Walsh vs Paulin

Who won Walsh vs Paulin?

Ryan Walsh beat Lewis Paulin by split decision in their 12 round contest on Friday, June 28th, 2019, at York Hall, London.

The scorecards were announced as 117-111, 115-114, 115-113 in favor of winner Ryan Walsh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 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 Ohara Davies beating Miguel Vazquez. Also on the undercard Siar Ozgul was overcome by Anthony Yigit.

Walsh vs Paulin stats

Back in June 2019, Ryan Walsh stepped into the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws, 11 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Lewis Paulin made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 12 wins and 0 draws, with 3 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Walsh had a large advantage in power over Paulin, boasting a 48% knockout percentage compared to Paulin's 25%.

Ryan Walsh was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Walsh had a height advantage of 2 inches over Paulin.

Ryan Walsh fought out of the orthodox stance, while Lewis Paulin was a southpaw.

Walsh was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 3 months earlier than Paulin, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 64 more professional rounds, totaling 249 compared to Paulin's 185.

Ryan Walsh went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBO at featherweight.

Walsh vs Paulin form

Walsh had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Reece Bellotti on December 22, 2018, by split decision in their BBBOC British Featherweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had been beaten by Dennis Ceylan on October 15, 2016, by split decision in their 12 round contest at Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark.

He had beaten James Tennyson on April 30, 2016, by technical knockout in the 5th round in their BBBOC British Featherweight championship fight at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Walsh's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 29 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

What time did Walsh vs Paulin start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM BST at York Hall, London, United Kingdom, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

What were the odds on Walsh vs Paulin?

Ryan Walsh was a 3/20 (-670) favorite going into the contest, while Lewis Paulin made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.