Greer Jr vs Nieves

Who won Greer Jr vs Nieves?

Joshua Greer Jr beat Antonio Nieves by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 26th October 2019 at Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Nevada.

The scorecards were announced as 96-93, 95-94, 95-94 in favor of winner Joshua Greer Jr.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson's and Joet Gonzalez's clash for the WBO World Featherweight championship.

Greer Jr vs Nieves stats

Back in October 2019, Joshua Greer Jr stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Antonio Nieves made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 2 loses and 2 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Nieves had a slight advantage in power over Greer Jr, with a 58% knock out percentage over Greer Jr's 57%.

Joshua Greer Jr was the younger man by 7 years, at 25 years old.

Nieves had a height advantage of 2 inches over Greer Jr. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Joshua Greer Jr & Antonio Nieves fought out of an orthodox stance.

Greer Jr's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Nieves', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 year and 10 months later than Nieves, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 161 to Nieves' 135.

Joshua Greer Jr went into the fight ranked number 13 by the WBA, 12 by the WBC, 3 by the WBO and 2 by the IBF at bantamweight.

Activity check

Greer Jr's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Greer Jr vs Nieves start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Nevada, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Greer Jr vs Nieves?

Joshua Greer Jr was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Antonio Nieves made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.