Adames vs Barrera

Who won Adames vs Barrera?

Carlos Adames beat Alejandro Barrera by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 12th May 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 97-93, 96-94, 98-92 in favor of winner Carlos Adames.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

Adames vs Barrera stats

Back in May 2018, Carlos Adames stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alejandro Barrera made his way to the ring with a record of 29 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Adames had a large advantage in power over Barrera, boosting at 85% knock out percentage over Barrera's 62%.

Carlos Adames was the younger man by 8 years, at 24 years old.

Adames had a height advantage of 1 inch over Barrera. Despite this, Barrera had 5-inch reach advantage.

Carlos Adames fought out of the orthodox stance, while Alejandro Barrera was a southpaw.

Adames was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 7 year and 10 months later than Barrera, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 90 less professional rounds, 115 to Barrera's 205.

Carlos Adames went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBA, 6 by the WBC, 9 by the WBO and 9 by the IBF at super welterweight.

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Adames' last 2 fights had come over a period of 9 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Adames vs Barrera?

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