Ali vs Herrera

Who won Ali vs Herrera?

Sadam Ali beat Mauricio Herrera by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 15th December 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 98-92 in favor of winner Sadam Ali.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Rocky Fielding losing to Canelo Alvarez for the WBA World Super Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard Tevin Farmer defeated Francisco Fonseca for the IBF World Junior Lightweight belt and Ryan Garcia was victorious over Braulio Rodriguez.

Ali vs Herrera stats

Back in December 2018, Sadam Ali stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mauricio Herrera made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Ali had a large advantage in power over Herrera, boosting at 54% knock out percentage over Herrera's 29%.

Sadam Ali was the younger man by 8 years, at 30 years old.

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

Both Sadam Ali & Mauricio Herrera fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ali was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 4 months later than Herrera, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 254 less professional rounds, 0 to Herrera's 254.

Ali vs Herrera form

Ali had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jaime Munguia on 12th May 2018 by technical knockout in the 4th round in their WBO World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Miguel Cotto on 2nd December 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had beat Johan Perez on 29th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Casino Del Sol, Tucson.

Before that, he had won against Jorge Silva on 28th January 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, USA.

He had beat Saul Corral on 17th September 2016 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at AT&T Stadium, Texas, United States.

Activity check

Ali's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

Herrera's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 rounds on average.

What time did Ali vs Herrera start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States, which was around 12:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Ali vs Herrera?

Sadam Ali was a 11/100 (-910) favourite going into the contest, while Mauricio Herrera made his way into the ring at 5/1 (+500) with oddsmakers.