Estrada vs Orucuta

Who won Estrada vs Orucuta?

Juan Francisco Estrada beat Felipe Orucuta by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 8th September 2018 at Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 117-111, 117-111 in favor of winner Juan Francisco Estrada.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Also, on the undercard Kazuto Ioka was victorious over McWilliams Arroyo and Donnie Nietes beat Aston Palicte for the WBO World Junior Bantamweight belt.

Estrada vs Orucuta stats

Back in September 2018, Juan Francisco Estrada stepped into the ring with a record of 36 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 25 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Felipe Orucuta made his way to the ring with a record of 36 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 30 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Orucuta had advantage in power over Estrada, with a 83% knock out percentage over Estrada's 69%.

Juan Francisco Estrada was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Orucuta had a height advantage of 3 inches over Estrada.

Both Juan Francisco Estrada & Felipe Orucuta fought out of an orthodox stance.

Estrada was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year and 11 months later than Orucuta, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 134 more professional rounds, 322 to Orucuta's 188.

Juan Francisco Estrada went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC at super flyweight.

Felipe Orucuta was ranked number 7 by the WBC in the 115lb division.

Estrada vs Orucuta form

Estrada had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on 24th February 2018 by majority decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight and The Ring Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Carlos Cuadras on 9th September 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson.

Going into that contest, he had beat Hernan Marquez on 26th September 2015 by knockout in the 10th round in their WBA Super World Flyweight and WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Centro Convenciones, Puerto Penasco, Mexico.

Before that, he had won against Rommel Asenjo on 28th March 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA Super World Flyweight and WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Polyforum Zam Ná, Merida.

He had beat Joebert Alvarez on 6th December 2014 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Centro de Usos Multiples, Hermosillo.

Activity check

Estrada's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

What time did Estrada vs Orucuta start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Forum, Inglewood, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Estrada vs Orucuta?

Estrada vs Orucuta was broadcast on HBO in the US.

What were the odds on Estrada vs Orucuta?

Juan Francisco Estrada was a 1/20 (-2000) favourite going into the contest, while Felipe Orucuta made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+800) with oddsmakers.