Rio vs Lejarraga

Who won Rio vs Lejarraga?

Kerman Lejarraga beat Jose Del Rio by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, November 11th, 2017, at Bilbao Arena, País Vasco.

The scorecards were announced as 99-90, 99-91, 98-92 in favor of winner Kerman Lejarraga.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

Rio vs Lejarraga stats

Back in November 2017, Jose Del Rio stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 6 losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Kerman Lejarraga made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 23 wins and 0 draws, with 19 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Lejarraga had a massive power advantage over Rio, boasting a 83% knockout percentage compared to Rio's 27%.

Jose Del Rio was the older man by 6 years, at 31 years old.

Jose Del Rio fought out of the southpaw stance, while Kerman Lejarraga was an orthodox fighter.

Rio was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Lejarraga, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, totaling 233 compared to Lejarraga's 180.

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Lejarraga's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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