Who won Fortuna vs Douglas?
Javier Fortuna beat Omar Douglas by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.
The scorecards were announced as 96-93, 95-94, 96-93 in favor of winner Javier Fortuna.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).
Fortuna vs Douglas stats
Back in November 2016, Javier Fortuna stepped into the ring with a record of 30 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Omar Douglas made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 17 wins and 0 draws, with 12 of those by knock out.
The stats suggested Fortuna had a slight advantage in power over Douglas, with a 73% knock out percentage over Douglas' 71%.
Javier Fortuna was the older man by 1 year, at 27 years old.
Douglas had a height advantage of 1 inch over Fortuna. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.
Javier Fortuna fought out of the southpaw stance, while Omar Douglas was an orthodox fighter.
Fortuna was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Douglas, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 220 more professional rounds, 220 to Douglas' 0.
Fortuna vs Douglas form
Fortuna had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jason Sosa on 24th June 2016 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Capital Gym, Beijing, China.
Previous to that, he had won against Carlos Ivan Velasquez on 29th September 2015 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Palms Casino and Resort, Pearl Theater, Las Vegas, United States.
Going into that contest, he had beat Bryan Vasquez on 29th May 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.
Before that, he had defeated Miguel Taveras on 22nd December 2014 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Polideportvo Eleoncio Mercedes, La Romana, Dominican Republic.
He had won against Abner Cotto on 1st November 2014 by knockout in the 5th round at UIC Pavilion, Chicago, United States.
Activity check
Fortuna's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.
What time did Fortuna vs Douglas start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.
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