Arroyo vs Rodriguez

Who won Arroyo vs Rodriguez?

McWilliams Arroyo beat Abraham Rodriguez by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday, February 27th, 2021, at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida.

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 vacant WBC flyweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez beating Avni Yildirim for the WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Zhilei Zhang defeated Jerry Forrest.

Arroyo vs Rodriguez stats

Back in February 2021, McWilliams Arroyo stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses, and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Abraham Rodriguez made his way to the ring with a record of 27 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 13 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Arroyo had a large advantage in power over Rodriguez, boasting a 75% knockout percentage compared to Rodriguez's 48%.

McWilliams Arroyo was the older man by 9 years, at 35 years old.

Both McWilliams Arroyo and Abraham Rodriguez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Arroyo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 14 fewer professional rounds, totaling 142 compared to Rodriguez's 156.

McWilliams Arroyo went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC at flyweight.

Arroyo vs Rodriguez form

Arroyo had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kazuto Ioka on September 8, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Carlos Cuadras on February 24, 2018, by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez on April 23, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Flyweight and The Ring Flyweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had beaten Victor Ruiz on April 11, 2015, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

He had lost to Amnat Ruenroeng on September 10, 2014, by split decision in their IBF World Flyweight championship fight at Liptapanlop Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Activity check

Arroyo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 17 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 3 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

What time did Arroyo vs Rodriguez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Hard Rock Stadium, Florida, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Arroyo vs Rodriguez?

Arroyo vs Rodriguez was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Arroyo vs Rodriguez?

McWilliams Arroyo was a 3/20 (-670) favorite going into the contest, while Abraham Rodriguez made his way into the ring at 102/25 (+410) with oddsmakers.