Diaz vs Cancio

Who won Diaz vs Cancio?

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz beat Andrew Cancio by technical knockout in the 9th round on Saturday 17th September 2016 at AT&T Stadium in Texas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

Diaz vs Cancio stats

Back in September 2016, Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 21 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Andrew Cancio made his way to the ring with a record of 17 wins, 3 loses and 2 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Cancio had advantage in power over Diaz, with a 76% knock out percentage over Diaz's 57%.

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz was the younger man by 4 years, at 24 years old.

Cancio had 4-inch reach advantage.

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz fought out of the southpaw stance, while Andrew Cancio was an orthodox fighter.

Diaz was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 year and 8 months later than Cancio, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 159 more professional rounds, 305 to Cancio's 146.

Diaz vs Cancio form

Diaz had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Victor Proa on 30th July 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jayson Velez on 26th March 2016 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Oracle Arena, Oakland.

Going into that contest, he had beat Hugo Partida on 18th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio.

Before that, he had won against Ruben Tamayo on 23rd October 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio.

He had beat Rene Alvarado on 11th July 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Sports Arena, Los Angeles.

Activity check

Diaz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

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