Foster vs Rodriguez

Who won Foster vs Rodriguez?

Brad Foster beat Alvaro Rodriguez by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Friday 26th March 2021 at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

The scorecards were announced as 100-90, 100-90, 100-90 in favor of winner Brad Foster.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Zach Parker beating Vaughn Alexander. Also, on the undercard Sam Maxwell beat Ben Fields.

Foster vs Rodriguez stats

Back in March 2021, Brad Foster stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero loses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alvaro Rodriguez made his way to the ring with a record of 10 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 1 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Foster had a large advantage in power over Rodriguez, boosting at 38% knock out percentage over Rodriguez's 10%.

Brad Foster was the younger man by 12 years, at 23 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Foster.

Both Brad Foster & Alvaro Rodriguez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Foster was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 8 months later than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 130 to Rodriguez's 127.

Brad Foster went into the fight ranked number 10 by the IBF at super bantamweight.

Foster vs Rodriguez form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated James Beech Jnr on 10th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Super Bantamweight and BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship fight at BT Sport Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Lucien Reid on 22nd February 2020 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship fight at York Hall, London.

Going into that contest, he had drawn with Lucien Reid on 14th September 2019 by majority draw in their 12 round contest in their BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship fight at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had beat Ashley Lane on 18th May 2019 by technical knockout in the 12th round in their CBC Commonwealth Super Bantamweight and BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship fight at Lamex Stadium, Hertfordshire.

He had won against Josh Wale on 8th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Super Bantamweight championship fight at Metrodome, Yorkshire.

Activity check

Foster's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 54 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.8 rounds on average.

What time did Foster vs Rodriguez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM GMT at Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Foster vs Rodriguez?

Foster vs Rodriguez was broadcast on BT Sport 1 in the UK.

What were the odds on Foster vs Rodriguez?

Brad Foster was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Alvaro Rodriguez made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.