Romero vs Ruiz

Who won Romero vs Ruiz?

David Picasso beat Erik Ruiz by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, January 27th, 2024, at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 98-92, 98-92 in favor of winner David Picasso.

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 Jaime Munguia beating John Ryder. Also on the undercard Oscar Collazo defeated Reyneris Gutierrez for the WBO World Minimumweight belt, Gabriela Fundora was victorious over Christina Cruz, and Darius Fulghum beat Alantez Fox.

Romero vs Ruiz stats

Back in January 2024, David Picasso stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 26 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw.

Erik Ruiz made his way to the ring with a record of 17 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw.

David Picasso was the younger man by 9 years, at 24 years old.

Picasso had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ruiz. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both David Picasso and Erik Ruiz fought out of an orthodox stance.

Picasso was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 5 years and 9 months later than Ruiz, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 fewer professional rounds, totaling 175 compared to Ruiz's 186.

David Picasso went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBC at super bantamweight.

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Ruiz's last 2 fights had come over a period of 9 years and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

What time did Romero vs Ruiz start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Romero vs Ruiz?

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