Garcia vs Granados

Who won Garcia vs Granados?

Danny Garcia beat Adrian Granados by knockout in the 7th 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 Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

Also, on the undercard Brandon Figueroa beat Yonfrez Parejo for the WBA Interim World Super Bantamweight championship, Andy Ruiz Jr defeated Alexander Dimitrenko and Ricardo Espinoza was defeated by John Riel Casimero.

Garcia vs Granados stats

Back in April 2019, Danny Garcia stepped into the ring with a record of 34 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Adrian Granados made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 6 loses and 2 draws, with 14 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Granados had advantage in power over Garcia, with a 70% knock out percentage over Garcia's 59%.

Danny Garcia was the older man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Granados had 5-inch reach advantage.

Both Danny Garcia & Adrian Granados fought out of an orthodox stance.

Garcia was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 10 months earlier than Granados, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 78 more professional rounds, 282 to Granados' 204.

Danny Garcia went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC at welterweight.

Adrian Granados was ranked number 12 by the WBC in the 147lb division.

Garcia vs Granados form

Garcia had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Shawn Porter on 8th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Brandon Rios on 17th February 2018 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Las Vegas, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Keith Thurman on 4th March 2017 by split decision in their WBC World Welterweight and WBA World Welterweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.

Before that, he had beat Samuel Vargas on 12th November 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Liacouras Center, Philadelphia.

He had won against Robert Guerrero on 23rd January 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight championship fight at Staples Center, LA.

Adrian Granados had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Adalberto Borquez on 14th September 2018 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Polideportivo Juan S. Millan, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had beat Luis Fernando Valdez on 3rd August 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Polideportivo Juan S. Millan, Sinaloa.

Going into that contest, he had beat Javier Fortuna on 16th June 2018 by knockout at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Shawn Porter on 4th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

He had been beaten by Adrien Broner on 18th February 2017 by split decision in their 10 round contest at U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Adrian Granados had been fighting more than Danny Garcia.

Going to this contest, Danny Garcia had last fought 7 months and 12 days ago, while Adrian Granados' last outing had been 7 months and 6 days ago.

Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

Granados' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Garcia vs Granados start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Garcia vs Granados?

Garcia vs Granados was broadcast on FOX in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by ITV 4.

What were the odds on Garcia vs Granados?

Danny Garcia was a 1/10 (-1000) favourite going into the contest, while Adrian Granados made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+550) with oddsmakers.