Mielnicki Jr vs Cruz

Who won Mielnicki Jr vs Cruz?

Vito Mielnicki Jr beat Ronald Cruz by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 4th May 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 99-89, 98-90, 96-92 in favor of winner Vito Mielnicki Jr.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez beating Jaime Munguia 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 Eimantas Stanionis beat Gabriel Maestre for the WBA World Welterweight belt, Brandon Figueroa defeated Jessie Magdaleno for the WBC Interim World Featherweight title, Mario Barrios was victorious over Fabian Andres Maidana for the WBC Interim World Welterweight championship, Jesus Ramos beat Johan Gonzalez and William Scull defeated Sean Hemphill.

Mielnicki Jr vs Cruz stats

Vito Mielnicki Jr stepped into the ring with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Ronald Cruz made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw.

Vito Mielnicki Jr was the younger man by 11 years, at 21 years old.

Mielnicki Jr had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cruz. Despite this, Cruz had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Vito Mielnicki Jr & Ronald Cruz fought out of an orthodox stance.

Mielnicki Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 less fights, and made his debut in 2019, 4 year and 10 months later than Cruz, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 42 less professional rounds, 87 to Cruz's 129.

Vito Mielnicki Jr went into the fight ranked number 4 by the WBA at super welterweight.

Activity check

Mielnicki Jr's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What time did Mielnicki Jr vs Cruz start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 12:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Mielnicki Jr vs Cruz?

Mielnicki Jr vs Cruz was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.

What were the odds on Mielnicki Jr vs Cruz?

Vito Mielnicki Jr was a 1/14 (-1400) favourite going into the contest, while Ronald Cruz made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.