Fortuna vs Douglas

Who won Fortuna vs Douglas?

Javier Fortuna beat Omar Douglas by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, November 12th, 2016, at Liacouras Center, Philadelphia.

The scorecards were announced as 96-93, 95-94, 96-93 in favor of winner Javier Fortuna.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

Fortuna vs Douglas stats

Back in November 2016, Javier Fortuna stepped into the ring with a record of 30 wins, 1 loss, and 1  draw, 22 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Omar Douglas made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 17 wins and 0 draws, with 12 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Fortuna had a slight advantage in power over Douglas, with a 73% knockout percentage compared to Douglas' 71%.

Javier Fortuna was the older man by 2 years, at 27 years old.

Douglas had a height advantage of 1 inch over Fortuna. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Javier Fortuna fought out of the southpaw stance, while Omar Douglas was an orthodox fighter.

Fortuna was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Douglas, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 232 more professional rounds, totaling 232 compared to Douglas' 0.

Fortuna vs Douglas form

Fortuna had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jason Sosa on June 24, 2016, by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Capital Gym, Beijing, China.

Prior to that, he had won against Carlos Ivan Velasquez on September 29, 2015, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Palms Casino and Resort, Pearl Theater, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Bryan Vasquez on May 29, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.

Before that, he had defeated Miguel Taveras on December 22, 2014, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Polideportvo Eleoncio Mercedes, La Romana, Dominican Republic.

He had won against Abner Cotto on November 1, 2014, by knockout in the 5th round at UIC Pavilion, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

Fortuna's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 11 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Fortuna vs Douglas start?

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

What were the odds on Fortuna vs Douglas?

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