Yigit vs Hernandez

Who won Yigit vs Hernandez?

Anthony Yigit beat Sandro Hernandez by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 4th May 2019 at Fraport Arena in Hessen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

Yigit vs Hernandez stats

Back in May 2019, Anthony Yigit stepped into the ring with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sandro Hernandez made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 7 loses and 3 draws, with 10 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Hernandez had a massive power advantage over Yigit, boosting at 67% knock out percentage over Yigit's 32%.

Anthony Yigit was the younger man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Both Anthony Yigit & Sandro Hernandez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Yigit was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 year and 7 months later than Hernandez, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 92 more professional rounds, 213 to Hernandez's 121.

Anthony Yigit went into the fight ranked number 14 by the WBC and 5 by the IBF at super lightweight.

Yigit vs Hernandez form

Anthony Yigit had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ivan Baranchyk on 27th October 2018 by in the 7th round in their IBF World Junior Welterweight championship fight at Lakefront Arena, Louisiana, New Orleans, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Joe Hughes on 2nd December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Leicester Arena, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Sandor Martin on 30th September 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Solnahallen, Stockholm, Sweden.

Before that, he had beat Lenny Daws on 11th February 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Westcroft Leisure Centre, Carshalton, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Lenny Daws on 11th February 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Westcroft Leisure Centre, Surrey.

Activity check

Yigit's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 55 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 rounds on average.

What time did Yigit vs Hernandez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Fraport Arena, Hessen, Germany, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Yigit vs Hernandez?

Anthony Yigit was a 1/100 (-10000) favourite going into the contest, while Sandro Hernandez made his way into the ring at 16/1 (+1600) with oddsmakers.