Gonzalez vs Santiago

Who won Gonzalez vs Santiago?

Jonathan Gonzalez beat Rene Santiago Garcia by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 2nd March 2024 at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan.

The scorecards were announced as 117-111, 116-112, 115-113 in favor of winner Jonathan Gonzalez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Jr Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 108 pounds (7.7 stone or 49 KG).

This contest was for the WBO jr flyweight championship of the world.

The undercard featured the clash of Paul vs Bourland.

Gonzalez vs Santiago stats

Jonathan Gonzalez stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw.

Rene Santiago Garcia made his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws.

Jonathan Gonzalez was the older man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Garcia had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gonzalez.

Jonathan Gonzalez fought out of the southpaw stance, while Rene Santiago Garcia was an orthodox fighter.

Gonzalez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 115 more professional rounds, 199 to Garcia's 84.

Gonzalez vs Santiago form

Gonzalez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Shokichi Iwata on 1st November 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Flyweight championship fight at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Mark Anthony Barriga on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Flyweight championship fight at Osceola Heritage Park, Florida, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beat Elwin Soto on 16th October 2021 by split decision in their WBO World Junior Flyweight championship fight at Chukchansi Park, California.

Before that, he had won against Armando Torres on 21st May 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Bryan Glazer Family JCC Auditorium, Florida.

He had been beaten by Kosei Tanaka on 24th August 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Flyweight championship fight at Takeda Teva Ocean Arena, Aichi, Japan.

Activity check

Gonzalez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

What time did Gonzalez vs Santiago start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 1:00 AM UTC at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico, which was 8:00 PM EST or 5:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Gonzalez vs Santiago?

Gonzalez vs Santiago was broadcast on DAZN Global in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Gonzalez vs Santiago?

Jonathan Gonzalez was a 2/9 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Rene Santiago Garcia made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.