Gago vs McDonnell

Who won Gago vs McDonnell?

Andoni Gago drew with Gavin McDonnell by majority draw in their 4 round contest on Friday, April 23rd, 2021, at Palau Olímpic, Cataluña.

The scorecards were announced as 50-46, 48-48, 48-48, meaning it was a majority draw.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Sandor Martin beating Kay Prospere. Also on the undercard Kerman Lejarraga defeated Jez Smith.

Gago vs McDonnell stats

Back in April 2021, Andoni Gago stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses, and 3 draws, 7 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Gavin McDonnell made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, with 5 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Gago had a slight advantage in power over McDonnell, with a 29% knockout percentage compared to McDonnell's 25%.

Andoni Gago was the older man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

McDonnell had a height advantage of 5 inches over Gago.

Both Andoni Gago and Gavin McDonnell fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gago was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 3 months later than McDonnell, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 214 more professional rounds, totaling 214 compared to McDonnell's 0.

Andoni Gago went into the fight ranked number 14 by the WBC, and 6 by the IBF at featherweight.

Gago vs McDonnell form

Gavin McDonnell had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Daniel Roman on October 6, 2018, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Stuart Hall on June 16, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Metro Radio Arena, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Gamal Yafai on March 3, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Sheffield Arena, Sheffield.

Before that, he had been beaten by Rey Vargas on February 25, 2017, by majority decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Ice Arena, Hull.

He had won against Jorge Sanchez on February 27, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

McDonnell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 58 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.6 rounds on average.

What time did Gago vs McDonnell start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:45 PM UTC at Palau Olímpic, Cataluña, Spain, which was 2:45 PM EST or 11:45 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 7:45 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Gago vs McDonnell?

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