Garcia vs Guerrero

Who won Garcia vs Guerrero?

Danny Garcia beat Robert Guerrero by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 23rd January 2016 at Staples Center in LA.

The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 116-112, 116-112 in favor of winner Danny Garcia.

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).

This contest was for the WBC welterweight championship of the world.

Garcia vs Guerrero stats

Back in January 2016, Danny Garcia stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 31 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Robert Guerrero made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 18 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Garcia had a slight advantage in power over Guerrero, with a 58% knock out percentage over Guerrero's 55%.

Danny Garcia was the younger man by 5 years, at 28 years old.

Guerrero had 2-inch reach advantage.

Danny Garcia fought out of the orthodox stance, while Robert Guerrero was a southpaw.

Garcia was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 less fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 year and 6 months later than Guerrero, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 40 less professional rounds, 282 to Guerrero's 322.

Garcia vs Guerrero form

Garcia had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Paulie Malignaggi on 1st August 2015 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Lamont Peterson on 11th April 2015 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

Going into that contest, he had won against Rod Salka on 9th August 2014 by knockout in the 2nd round at Barclays Center, New York.

Before that, he had beat Mauricio Herrera on 15th March 2014 by majority decision in their WBA Super World Super Lightweight and WBC World Super Lightweight championship fight at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

He had defeated Lucas Martin Matthysse on 14th September 2013 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Lightweight and WBC World Super Lightweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

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Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

Guerrero's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.5 rounds on average.

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