Lejarraga vs Navarrete

Who won Lejarraga vs Navarrete?

Kerman Lejarraga beat Johnny Navarrete by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday, August 4th, 2018, at Palacio de Congresos, Andalucía.

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).

Lejarraga vs Navarrete stats

Back in August 2018, Kerman Lejarraga stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Johnny Navarrete made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 13 losses and 2 draws, with 13 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Lejarraga had a massive power advantage over Navarrete, boasting a 80% knockout percentage compared to Navarrete's 42%.

Kerman Lejarraga was the younger man by 4 years, at 26 years old.

Navarrete had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lejarraga.

Both Kerman Lejarraga and Johnny Navarrete fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lejarraga was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 years later than Navarrete, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 109 fewer professional rounds, totaling 180 compared to Navarrete's 289.

Kerman Lejarraga went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBC, 10 by the WBO, and 6 by the IBF at welterweight.

Lejarraga vs Navarrete form

Lejarraga had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Bradley Skeete on April 28, 2018, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Bilbao Arena, País Vasco, Spain.

Prior to that, he had beaten Jose Del Rio on November 11, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Bilbao Arena, País Vasco.

Going into that contest, he had won against Azael Cosio on July 15, 2017, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Pabellón Municipal, Cantabria.

Before that, he had beaten Jose Antonio Abreu on June 9, 2017, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York, United States.

He had defeated Krisztian Santa on April 15, 2017, by knockout in the 1st round at Palacio de los Deportes, Andalucía, Spain.

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Lejarraga's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 20 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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