Zou vs Phaprom

Who won Zou vs Phaprom?

Shiming Zou beat Prasitsak Papoem by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, November 5th, 2016, at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 120-107, 120-107, 119-108 in favor of winner Shiming Zou.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 kg).

This contest was for the WBO flyweight championship of the world.

Zou vs Phaprom stats

Back in November 2016, Shiming Zou stepped into the ring with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss, and 0  draws, 2 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Prasitsak Papoem made his way to the ring with a record of 39 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, with 24 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Papoem had a massive power advantage over Zou, boasting a 62% knockout percentage compared to Zou's 25%.

Shiming Zou was the same age as Prasitsak Papoem, at 35 years old.

Zou had a height advantage of 3 inches over Papoem.

Both Shiming Zou and Prasitsak Papoem fought out of an orthodox stance.

Zou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 33 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 2 months later than Papoem, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 148 fewer professional rounds, totaling 98 compared to Papoem's 246.

Zou vs Phaprom form

Zou had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jozsef Ajtai on June 11, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Natan Santana Coutinho on January 30, 2016, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Amnat Ruenroeng on March 7, 2015, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Flyweight championship fight at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

Before that, he had beaten Prasitsak Papoem on November 23, 2014, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao.

He had defeated Luis de la Rosa on July 19, 2014, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao.

Activity check

Zou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 17 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

What time did Zou vs Phaprom start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Zou vs Phaprom?

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