Who won Gonzalez vs Arroyo?
Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez beat McWilliams Arroyo by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 23rd April 2016 at Forum in Inglewood.
The scorecards were announced as 120-108, 119-109, 119-109 in favor of winner Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 KG).
This contest was for the unified flyweight championship of the world, with the WBC & The Ring belts on the line.
Gonzalez vs Arroyo stats
Back in April 2016, Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 44 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 38 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
McWilliams Arroyo made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 14 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Arroyo had a slight advantage in power over Gonzalez, with a 88% knock out percentage over Gonzalez's 86%.
Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was the younger man by 2 years, at 28 years old.
Arroyo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gonzalez. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.
Both Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez & McWilliams Arroyo fought out of an orthodox stance.
Gonzalez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Arroyo, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 153 more professional rounds, 295 to Arroyo's 142.
Gonzalez vs Arroyo form
Gonzalez had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Brian Viloria on 17th October 2015 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBC World Flyweight and The Ring Flyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat Edgar Sosa on 16th May 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBC World Flyweight and The Ring Flyweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.
Going into that contest, he had won against Valentin Leon on 28th February 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Puerto Salvador Allende, Managua, Nicaragua.
Before that, he had beat Rocky Fuentes on 22nd November 2014 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Yokohama International Swimming Pool, Yokohama, Japan.
He had defeated Juan Francisco Estrada on 17th November 2012 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Light Flyweight championship fight at Sports Arena, Los Angeles, United States.
Activity check
Gonzalez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.4 rounds on average.
Arroyo's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.7 rounds on average.
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