Franco vs Casimero

Who won Franco vs Casimero?

John Riel Casimero beat Ricardo Espinoza by knockout in the 12th round on Saturday 20th April 2019 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Danny Garcia beating Adrian Granados. Also, on the undercard Brandon Figueroa defeated Yonfrez Parejo for the WBA Interim World Super Bantamweight belt and Andy Ruiz Jr was victorious over Alexander Dimitrenko.

Franco vs Casimero stats

Back in April 2019, Ricardo Espinoza stepped into the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

John Riel Casimero made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Espinoza had a large advantage in power over Casimero, boosting at 87% knock out percentage over Casimero's 65%.

Ricardo Espinoza was the younger man by 8 years, at 22 years old.

Espinoza had a height advantage of 3 inches over Casimero.

Both Ricardo Espinoza & John Riel Casimero fought out of an orthodox stance.

Espinoza was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 7 year and 7 months later than Casimero, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 71 more professional rounds, 118 to Casimero's 47.

Ricardo Espinoza went into the fight ranked number 12 by the WBC, 1 by the WBO and 7 by the IBF at bantamweight.

John Riel Casimero was ranked number 15 by the WBC and 6 by the WBO in the 118lb division.

Franco vs Casimero form

John Riel Casimero had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Kenya Yamashita on 16th February 2019 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Midas Hotel and Casino, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jonas Sultan on 16th September 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Waterfront Hotel and Casino, Cebu City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Charlie Edwards on 10th September 2016 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Flyweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beat Amnat Ruenroeng on 25th May 2016 by knockout in the 4th round in their IBF World Flyweight championship fight at Diamond Court, Beijing, China.

He had lost to Amnat Ruenroeng on 27th June 2015 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Flyweight championship fight at Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Activity check

Casimero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Franco vs Casimero start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Franco vs Casimero?

The fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by ITV 4.

What were the odds on Franco vs Casimero?

Ricardo Espinoza was a 3/2 (+150) underdog going into the contest, while John Riel Casimero made his way into the ring at 57/100 (-180) with oddsmakers.