Belmontes vs Golovko

Who won Belmontes vs Golovko?

Jerry Belmontes beat Valentyn Golovko by majority decision in their 8 round contest on Wednesday, January 27th, 2016, at BB King Blues Club & Grill, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 78-74, 77-75, 76-76 in favor of winner Jerry Belmontes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 kg).

Belmontes vs Golovko stats

Back in January 2016, Jerry Belmontes stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 8 losses, and 0  draws, 6 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Valentyn Golovko made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 21 wins and 0 draws, with 14 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Golovko had a massive power advantage over Belmontes, boasting a 67% knockout percentage compared to Belmontes' 30%.

Jerry Belmontes was the younger man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Golovko had a height advantage of 2 inches over Belmontes.

Both Jerry Belmontes and Valentyn Golovko fought out of an orthodox stance.

Belmontes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 months earlier than Golovko, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 55 more professional rounds, totaling 187 compared to Golovko's 132.

Belmontes vs Golovko form

Jerry Belmontes had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jerron Lockette on December 12, 2015, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds, Robstown, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Jason Sosa on August 15, 2015, by knockout in the 1st round at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Dierry Jean on June 20, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada.

Before that, he had been beaten by Miguel Vazquez on March 13, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, United States.

He had lost to Omar Figueroa Jr on April 26, 2014, by split decision in their WBC World Lightweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.

Activity check

Belmontes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 1 day, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.

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