Cordina vs Tinoco

Who won Cordina vs Tinoco?

Joe Cordina beat Enrique Tinoco by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 30th November 2019 at Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin in Monte Carlo.

The scorecards were announced as 98-92, 96-94, 98-92 in favor of winner Joe Cordina.

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 fight appeared on the undercard of Alexander Besputin beating Radzhab Butaev for the WBA World Welterweight championship. Also, on the undercard Cecilia Braekhus beat Victoria Noelia Bustos and Zhilei Zhang defeated Andriy Rudenko.

Cordina vs Tinoco stats

Back in November 2019, Joe Cordina stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Enrique Tinoco made his way to the ring with a record of 18 wins, 5 loses and 4 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Tinoco had a slight advantage in power over Cordina, with a 72% knock out percentage over Cordina's 70%.

Joe Cordina was the younger man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Cordina had a height advantage of 2 inches over Tinoco. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Both Joe Cordina & Enrique Tinoco fought out of an orthodox stance.

Cordina was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 7 year later than Tinoco, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 31 less professional rounds, 105 to Tinoco's 136.

Cordina vs Tinoco form

Cordina remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Gavin Gwynne on 31st August 2019 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Andy Townend on 20th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their BBBOC British Lightweight championship fight at O2 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had won against Sean Dodd on 4th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Lightweight championship fight at Ice Arena Wales, Wales.

Before that, he had beat Hakim Ben Ali on 31st March 2018 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Principality Stadium, Wales.

He had defeated Lee Connelly on 13th December 2017 by technical knockout in the 4th round at York Hall, London.

Activity check

Cordina's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

Tinoco's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

What time did Cordina vs Tinoco start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM UTC at Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin, Monte Carlo, Monaco, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:00 PM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Cordina vs Tinoco?

Cordina vs Tinoco was broadcast on Sky Sports Action in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Cordina vs Tinoco?

Joe Cordina was a 2/25 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Enrique Tinoco made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.