Barrios vs Maidana

Who won Barrios vs Maidana?

Mario Barrios beat Fabian Andres Maidana by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, May 4th, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 116-111, 116-111, 116-111 in favor of winner Mario Barrios.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

This contest was for the WBC welterweight championship of the world.

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, Jesus Ramos was victorious over Johan Gonzalez, Vito Mielnicki Jr beat Ronald Cruz and William Scull defeated Sean Hemphill.

Barrios vs Maidana stats

Mario Barrios stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Fabian Andres Maidana made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Mario Barrios was the younger man by 3 years, at 28 years old.

Barrios had a height advantage of 1 inch over Maidana. Despite this, Maidana had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Mario Barrios & Fabian Andres Maidana fought out of an orthodox stance.

Barrios was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 months earlier than Maidana, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 66 more professional rounds, totaling 186 compared to Maidana's 120.

Barrios vs Maidana form

Barrios had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yordenis Ugas on September 30, 2023 by unanimous decision in their WBC Interim World Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Jovanie Santiago on February 11, 2023 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Alamodome, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Keith Thurman on February 5, 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight eliminator fight at Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on June 26, 2021 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at State Farm Arena, Atlanta.

He had beaten Ryan Karl on October 31, 2020 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas.

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Barrios' last 5 fights come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Barrios vs Maidana start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 1:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Barrios vs Maidana?

Barrios vs Maidana was broadcast on DAZN PPV in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Barrios vs Maidana?

Mario Barrios was a 2/25 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Fabian Andres Maidana made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.