Estrada vs Mendez

Who won Estrada vs Mendez?

Juan Francisco Estrada beat Victor Mendez by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 8th December 2018 at StubHub Center in Carson.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Juan Francisco Estrada.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Estrada vs Mendez stats

Back in December 2018, Juan Francisco Estrada stepped into the ring with a record of 37 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 25 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Victor Mendez made his way to the ring with a record of 28 wins, 3 loses and 2 draws, with 20 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Mendez had a slight advantage in power over Estrada, with a 71% knock out percentage over Estrada's 68%.

Juan Francisco Estrada was the older man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Mendez had a height advantage of 3 inches over Estrada.

Both Juan Francisco Estrada & Victor Mendez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Estrada was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Mendez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 167 more professional rounds, 322 to Mendez's 155.

Estrada vs Mendez form

Estrada 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 defeated Felipe Orucuta on 8th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on 24th February 2018 by majority decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight and The Ring Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Carlos Cuadras on 9th September 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson.

Before that, he had beat Hernan Marquez on 26th September 2015 by knockout in the 10th round in their WBA Super World Flyweight and WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Centro Convenciones, Puerto Penasco, Mexico.

He had won against Rommel Asenjo on 28th March 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA Super World Flyweight and WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Polyforum Zam Ná, Merida.

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Estrada's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Estrada vs Mendez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at StubHub Center, Carson, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Estrada vs Mendez?

Estrada vs Mendez was broadcast on HBO in the US.

What were the odds on Estrada vs Mendez?

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