Who won Garcia vs Massoudi?
Sergio Garcia beat Fouad El Massoudi by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 7th December 2019 at Polideportivo Vicente Trueba in Cantabria.
The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 118-110, 117-111 in favor of winner Sergio Garcia.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).
Garcia vs Massoudi stats
Back in December 2019, Sergio Garcia stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 30 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Fouad El Massoudi made his way to the ring with a record of 17 wins, 11 loses and 0 draws, with 2 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Garcia had a massive power advantage over Massoudi, boosting at 43% knock out percentage over Massoudi's 12%.
Sergio Garcia was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.
Both Sergio Garcia & Fouad El Massoudi fought out of an orthodox stance.
Garcia's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Massoudi's, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 11 months later than Massoudi, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 263 to Massoudi's 271.
Sergio Garcia went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBC and 8 by the WBO at super welterweight.
Garcia vs Massoudi form
Sergio Garcia had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Sergey Rabchenko on 22nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Polideportivo Vicente Trueba, Cantabria, Spain.
Previous to that, he had won against Ted Cheeseman on 2nd February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Going into that contest, he had beat Maxime Beaussire on 29th September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Polideportivo Vicente Trueba, Cantabria, Spain.
Before that, he had defeated Giorgi Kerdikoshvili on 11th May 2018 by points in the 8th round at Palacio de los Deportes, Principado de Asturias.
He had won against Jeffrey Rosales on 3rd February 2018 by points in the 8th round at Frontón Bizkaia, País Vasco.
Activity check
Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.
What time did Garcia vs Massoudi start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Polideportivo Vicente Trueba, Cantabria, Spain, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:00 PM GMT in the UK.
What were the odds on Garcia vs Massoudi?
Sergio Garcia was a 2/25 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Fouad El Massoudi made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+550) with oddsmakers.
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