Garcia vs Burgos

Who won Garcia vs Burgos?

Mikey Garcia beat Juan Carlos Burgos by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, January 25th, 2014, at Madison Square Garden, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 118-110, 119-109 in favor of winner Mikey Garcia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

This contest was for the WBO super featherweight championship of the world.

Garcia vs Burgos stats

Back in January 2014, Mikey Garcia stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 33 wins, zero losses, and 0  draws, 28 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Juan Carlos Burgos made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, with 20 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Garcia had an advantage in power over Burgos, with a 85% knockout percentage compared to Burgos' 67%.

Mikey Garcia was the older man by 1 year, at 27 years old.

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

Both Mikey Garcia and Juan Carlos Burgos fought out of an orthodox stance.

Garcia was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2006, 1 year and 7 months later than Burgos, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 71 fewer professional rounds, totaling 248 compared to Burgos' 319.

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Garcia's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 6 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Garcia vs Burgos?

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