Who won Bradley Jr vs Vargas?

Timothy Bradley Jr beat Jessie Vargas by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 27th June 2015 at StubHub Center in Carson.

The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 116-112, 117-111 in favor of winner Timothy Bradley Jr.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

This contest was for the WBO welterweight championship of the world.

Bradley Jr vs Vargas stats

Timothy Bradley Jr stepped into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 1 loss and 1  draw, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jessie Vargas made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 26 wins and 0 draws, with 9 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Bradley Jr had a slight advantage in power over Vargas, with a 39% knock out percentage over Vargas' 35%.

Timothy Bradley Jr was the older man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Vargas had a height advantage of 4 inches over Bradley Jr. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Timothy Bradley Jr & Jessie Vargas fought out of an orthodox stance.

Bradley Jr was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 4 years earlier than Vargas, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 287 to Vargas' 263.

Bradley Jr vs Vargas form

Vargas 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 defeated Sadam Ali on 5th March 2016 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at DC Armory, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Timothy Bradley Jr on 27th June 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Antonio DeMarco on 23rd November 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

Before that, he had beat Anton Novikov on 2nd August 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas, United States.

He had won against Khabib Allakhverdiev on 12th April 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

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Bradley Jr's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.

Vargas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 57 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bradley Jr vs Vargas?

Timothy Bradley Jr was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Jessie Vargas made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.