Who won Garcia vs Malignaggi?

Danny Garcia beat Paulie Malignaggi by technical knockout in the 9th round on Saturday 1st August 2015 at Barclays Center in New York.

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).

Garcia vs Malignaggi stats

Danny Garcia stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 30 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Paulie Malignaggi made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Garcia had a massive power advantage over Malignaggi, boosting at 57% knock out percentage over Malignaggi's 21%.

Danny Garcia was the younger man by 8 years, at 34 years old.

Garcia had a height advantage of 1 inch over Malignaggi. Despite this, Malignaggi had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Danny Garcia & Paulie Malignaggi fought out of an orthodox stance.

Garcia was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 less fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 year and 4 months later than Malignaggi, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 80 less professional rounds, 282 to Malignaggi's 362.

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Garcia's last 3 fights had come over a period of 9 years, 4 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.7 rounds on average.

Malignaggi's last 2 fights had come over a period of 14 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 years, 1 month and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Garcia vs Malignaggi?

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