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

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 34 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 30 less professional rounds, 282 to Guerrero's 312.

Garcia vs Guerrero form

Garcia had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to 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, United States.

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

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

Before that, he had beat Paulie Malignaggi on 1st August 2015 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Barclays Center, New York.

He had defeated Lamont Peterson on 11th April 2015 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

Activity check

Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

Guerrero's last 4 fights had come over a period of 9 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Garcia vs Guerrero?

Danny Garcia was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Robert Guerrero made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.