Beltran vs Moses

Who won Beltran vs Moses?

Raymundo Beltran beat Paulus Moses by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 16th February 2018 at Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Nevada.

The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 117-111, 117-111 in favor of winner Raymundo Beltran.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the vacant WBO lightweight championship of the world.

Beltran vs Moses stats

Back in February 2018, Raymundo Beltran stepped into the ring with a record of 34 wins, 7 loses and 1 draw.

Paulus Moses made his way to the ring with a record of 40 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws.

Raymundo Beltran was the younger man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Moses had 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Raymundo Beltran & Paulus Moses fought out of an orthodox stance.

Beltran was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 1999, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Moses, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 42 less professional rounds, 276 to Moses' 318.

Raymundo Beltran went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBO and 2 by the IBF at lightweight.

Paulus Moses was ranked number 2 by the WBO in the 135lb division.

Beltran vs Moses form

Beltran had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Bryan Vasquez on 5th August 2017 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jonathan Maicelo on 20th May 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had beat Mason Menard on 10th December 2016 by knockout in the 7th round at CenturyLink Center, Omaha.

Before that, he had defeated Mason Menard on 10th December 2016 by knockout in the 7th round at CenturyLink Center, Nebraska.

He had won against Ivan Najera on 21st May 2016 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo.

Activity check

Beltran's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Beltran vs Moses start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Nevada, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Beltran vs Moses?

The fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.

What were the odds on Beltran vs Moses?

Raymundo Beltran was a 1/20 (-2000) favourite going into the contest, while Paulus Moses made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+800) with oddsmakers.