Diaz-Velez vs Hernandez-Gerarldo

Who won Diaz-Velez vs Hernandez-Gerarldo?

Christopher Diaz beat Derlyn Hernandez Gerarldo by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday, July 13th, 2024, at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis beating David Avanesyan for the IBF World Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Jalil Major Hackett beat Peter Dobson, Skye Nicolson defeated Dyana Vargas, Khalil Coe was victorious over Kwame Ritter, Christian Carto beat Carlos Buitrago, and Ismail Muhammad defeated Frank Brown.

Diaz-Velez vs Hernandez-Gerarldo stats

Christopher Diaz stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 4 losses, and 0 draws.

Derlyn Hernandez Gerarldo made his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw.

Christopher Diaz was the younger man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Gerarldo had a height advantage of 2 inches over Diaz.

Both Christopher Diaz and Derlyn Hernandez Gerarldo fought out of an orthodox stance.

Diaz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 years and 2 months earlier than Gerarldo, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 112 more professional rounds, totaling 176 compared to Gerarldo's 64.

Christopher Diaz went into the fight ranked number 8 by the WBA at super featherweight.

Diaz-Velez vs Hernandez-Gerarldo form

Diaz had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Isaac Dogboe on November 20, 2021, by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Nevada, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Emanuel Navarrete on April 24, 2021, by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jason Sanchez on June 23, 2020, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Shakur Stevenson on April 20, 2019, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had beaten David Berna on November 24, 2018, by knockout in the 1st round at Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Diaz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 19 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

What time did Diaz-Velez vs Hernandez-Gerarldo start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Diaz-Velez vs Hernandez-Gerarldo?

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