Who won Cuarto vs Valladares?

Daniel Valladares beat Rene Mark Cuarto by split decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 1st July 2022 at Monterrey in Nuevo León.

The scorecards were announced as 114-113, 111-116, 112-115 in favor of winner Daniel Valladares.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Minimumweight division, which meant the weight limit was 105 pounds (7.5 stone or 47.6 KG).

This contest was for the IBF minimumweight championship of the world.

Cuarto vs Valladares stats

Rene Mark Cuarto stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 loses and 2 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Daniel Valladares made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 15 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Valladares had a slight advantage in power over Cuarto, with a 60% knock out percentage over Cuarto's 55%.

Rene Mark Cuarto was the younger man by 1 year, at 26 years old.

Valladares had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cuarto.

Both Rene Mark Cuarto & Daniel Valladares fought out of an orthodox stance.

Cuarto was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 months later than Valladares, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 154 to Valladares' 177.

Daniel Valladares was ranked number 3 by the IBF in the 105lb division.

Cuarto vs Valladares form

Valladares had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rene Mark Cuarto on 1st July 2022 by split decision in their IBF World Minimumweight championship fight at Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had won against Jose Javier Torres on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Parque La Ruina, Sonora.

Going into that contest, he had beat Julian Yedras on 14th May 2021 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Gimnasio Mario J. Montemayor, Nuevo León.

Before that, he had defeated Abraham Manriquez Gonzalez on 5th March 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Salon de Fiestas Figlos Stase, Sinaloa.

He had been beaten by Mario Gutierrez Gomez on 19th December 2020 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Cintermex, Nuevo León.

Activity check

Cuarto's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.5 rounds on average.

Valladares' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Cuarto vs Valladares start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 2:00 AM UTC at Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, which was 10:00 PM EST or 7:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Cuarto vs Valladares?

Rene Mark Cuarto was a 13/10 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Daniel Valladares made his way into the ring at 31/50 (-160) with oddsmakers.