Cruz vs Koasicha

Who won Cruz vs Koasicha?

Orlando Cruz beat Romulo Koasicha by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Friday, March 4th, 2016, at A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa.

The scorecards were announced as 100-87, 99-88, 99-88 in favor of winner Orlando Cruz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

Cruz vs Koasicha stats

Back in March 2016, Orlando Cruz stepped into the ring with a record of 22 wins, 4 losses, and 1  draw, 11 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Romulo Koasicha made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Koasicha had a slight advantage in power over Cruz, with a 60% knockout percentage compared to Cruz's 50%.

Orlando Cruz was the older man by 10 years, at 35 years old.

Koasicha had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cruz.

Orlando Cruz fought out of the southpaw stance, while Romulo Koasicha was an orthodox fighter.

Cruz's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Koasicha's, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2000, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Koasicha, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, totaling 189 compared to Koasicha's 189.

Cruz vs Koasicha form

Koasicha had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Vasyl Lomachenko on November 7, 2015, by knockout in the 10th round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Guillermo Avila on July 24, 2015, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Auditorio Blackberry, Mexico City, Mexico.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jesus Santillan on May 16, 2015, by knockout at Auditorio Miguel Barragan, San Luis Potosi.

Before that, he had won against Edgar Monarrez on April 4, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Unidad Deportiva Martín Alarcón, Metepec.

He had been beaten by Lee Selby on May 17, 2014, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Cruz's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 14 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

Koasicha's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

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