Who won Garcia vs Salka?
Danny Garcia beat Rod Salka by knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 9th August 2014 at Barclays Center in New York.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).
Garcia vs Salka stats
Back in August 2014, Danny Garcia stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 28 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Rod Salka made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Garcia had a massive power advantage over Salka, boosting at 57% knock out percentage over Salka's 16%.
Danny Garcia was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.
Garcia had a height advantage of 2 inches over Salka. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Both Danny Garcia & Rod Salka fought out of an orthodox stance.
Garcia was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 months later than Salka, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 89 more professional rounds, 282 to Salka's 193.
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Garcia's last 2 fights had come over a period of 10 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.
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