Vargas vs Baez

Who won Vargas vs Baez?

Rey Vargas beat Leonardo Baez by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, November 6th, 2021, at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.

The scorecards were announced as 100-90, 99-91, 100-90 in favor of winner Rey Vargas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez beating Caleb Plant for the WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, IBF World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Anthony Dirrell beat Mark Anthony Hernandez, and Elvis Rodriguez defeated Juan Pablo Romero.

Vargas vs Baez stats

Back in November 2021, Rey Vargas stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 34 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Leonardo Baez made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Vargas had a slight advantage in power over Baez, with a 65% knockout percentage compared to Baez's 57%.

Rey Vargas was the older man by 4 years, at 30 years old.

Baez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Vargas. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Rey Vargas and Leonardo Baez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Vargas was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Baez, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 121 more professional rounds, totaling 246 compared to Baez's 125.

Vargas vs Baez form

Rey Vargas had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Tomoki Kameda on July 13, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Franklin Manzanilla on February 9, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

Going into that contest, he had won against Azat Hovhannisyan on May 12, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York.

Before that, he had beaten Oscar Negrete on December 2, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had defeated Ronny Rios on August 26, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.

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Vargas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 11 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 60 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.

Baez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.5 rounds on average.

What time did Vargas vs Baez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Vargas vs Baez?

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