Amar vs Quiroga

Who won Amar vs Quiroga?

Mehdi Amar beat Genaro Quiroga by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest on Saturday, October 20th, 2018, at Palais des Sports, Bouches-du-Rhône.

The scorecards were announced as 60-54, 60-53, 60-54 in favor of winner Mehdi Amar.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 6 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 kg).

Amar vs Quiroga stats

Back in October 2018, Mehdi Amar stepped into the ring with a record of 34 wins, 6 losses, and 2 draws, 16 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Genaro Quiroga made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Quiroga had an advantage in power over Amar, with a 64% knockout percentage compared to Amar's 47%.

Mehdi Amar was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Both Mehdi Amar and Genaro Quiroga fought out of an orthodox stance.

Amar was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 6 years and 9 months earlier than Quiroga, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 116 fewer professional rounds, totaling 0 compared to Quiroga's 116.

Amar vs Quiroga form

Mehdi Amar had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Oleksandr Gvozdyk on March 17, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBC Interim World Light heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Otar Gogoberishvili on November 18, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Salle Louison Bobet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Robert Stieglitz on November 12, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, Germany.

Before that, he had lost to Robert Stieglitz on November 12, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at GETEC Arena, Sachsen-Anhalt.

He had won against Serhiy Demchenko on May 27, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, France.

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Amar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 23 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

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