Garcia vs Rojas

Who won Garcia vs Rojas?

Mikey Garcia beat Elio Rojas by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 30th July 2016 at Barclays Center in New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

Garcia vs Rojas stats

Back in July 2016, Mikey Garcia stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 34 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 28 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Elio Rojas made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 14 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Garcia had a large advantage in power over Rojas, boosting at 82% knock out percentage over Rojas' 58%.

Mikey Garcia was the younger man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Rojas had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Mikey Garcia & Elio Rojas fought out of an orthodox stance.

Garcia was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 2 year and 3 months later than Rojas, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 105 more professional rounds, 248 to Rojas' 143.

Garcia vs Rojas form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Juan Carlos Burgos on 25th January 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Roman Martinez on 9th November 2013 by knockout in the 8th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at American Bank Center, Corpus Christi.

Going into that contest, he had beat Juan Manuel Lopez on 15th June 2013 by technical knockout in the 4th round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Before that, he had defeated Juan Manuel Lopez on 15th June 2013 by technical knockout in the 4th round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

He had won against Orlando Salido on 19th January 2013 by technical decision in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

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Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

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