Rodriguez vs Nishida

Who won Rodriguez vs Nishida?

Ryosuke Nishida beat Emmanuel Rodriguez by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 4th May 2024 at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka.

The scorecards were announced as 112-115, 110-117, 112-115 in favor of winner Ryosuke Nishida.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

This contest was for the IBF bantamweight championship of the world.

Rodriguez vs Nishida stats

Emmanuel Rodriguez stepped into the ring with a record of 22 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws.

Ryosuke Nishida made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 8 wins and 0 draws.

Emmanuel Rodriguez was the older man by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Nishida had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rodriguez. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Emmanuel Rodriguez fought out of the orthodox stance, while Ryosuke Nishida was a southpaw.

Rodriguez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 years and 6 months earlier than Nishida, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 66 more professional rounds, 151 to Nishida's 85.

Emmanuel Rodriguez went into the fight ranked number 13 by the WBA at bantamweight.

Ryosuke Nishida was ranked number 1 by the IBF in the 118lb division.

Rodriguez vs Nishida form

Emmanuel Rodriguez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Melvin Lopez on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Bantamweight championship fight at MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Gary Antonio Russell on 15th October 2022 by technical decision in their 10 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Gary Antonio Russell on 14th August 2021 by technical decision in the 1st round at Dignity Health Sports Park, California.

Before that, he had been beaten by Reymart Gaballo on 19th December 2020 by split decision in their WBC World Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut.

He had lost to Naoya Inoue on 18th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their IBF World Bantamweight, WBA World Bantamweight and The Ring Bantamweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Rodriguez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

What time did Rodriguez vs Nishida start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 PM UTC at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan, which was 8:00 AM EST or 5:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Rodriguez vs Nishida?

Emmanuel Rodriguez was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Ryosuke Nishida made his way into the ring at 6/4 (+150) with oddsmakers.