Barnes vs Mojica

Who won Barnes vs Mojica?

Oscar Mojica beat Paddy Barnes by split decision in their 6 round contest on Sunday 17th March 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 56-58, 56-58, 58-56 in favor of winner Oscar Mojica.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 6 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Michael Conlan beating Ruben Garcia. Also, on the undercard Luis Collazo defeated Samuel Vargas.

Barnes vs Mojica stats

Back in March 2019, Paddy Barnes stepped into the ring with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Oscar Mojica made his way to the ring with a record of 11 wins, 5 loses and 1 draw, with 1 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Barnes had advantage in power over Mojica, with a 20% knock out percentage over Mojica's 9%.

Paddy Barnes was the older man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

Mojica had a height advantage of 3 inches over Barnes.

Both Paddy Barnes & Oscar Mojica fought out of an orthodox stance.

Barnes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 year and 8 months later than Mojica, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 62 less professional rounds, 52 to Mojica's 114.

Barnes vs Mojica form

Barnes 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 Cristofer Rosales on 18th August 2018 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Windsor Park, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Eliecer Quezada on 18th November 2017 by knockout in the 6th round at The SSE Arena, Northern Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had beat Juan Hinostroza on 6th October 2017 by points in the 6th round at Meadowbank Sports Centre, Scotland.

Before that, he had won against Silvio Olteanu on 17th June 2017 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Waterfront Hall, Northern Ireland.

He had beat Adrian Dimas Garzon on 10th March 2017 by points in the 6th round at Waterfront Hall, Northern Ireland.

Activity check

Barnes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.4 rounds on average.

Who broadcast Barnes vs Mojica?

Barnes vs Mojica was broadcast on ESPN+ in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.

What were the odds on Barnes vs Mojica?

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