Gamboa vs Perez

Who won Gamboa vs Perez?

Yuriorkis Gamboa beat Darleys Perez by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 8th June 2013 at Bell Centre in Montreal.

The scorecards were announced as 116-111, 116-111, 115-112 in favor of winner Yuriorkis Gamboa.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the vacant WBA lightweight championship of the world.

Gamboa vs Perez stats

Back in June 2013, Yuriorkis Gamboa stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 22 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Darleys Perez made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 28 wins and 0 draws, with 19 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Gamboa had a slight advantage in power over Perez, with a 73% knock out percentage over Perez's 68%.

Yuriorkis Gamboa was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Perez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gamboa. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Both Yuriorkis Gamboa & Darleys Perez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gamboa was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 less fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Perez, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 224 to Perez's 223.

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