Heerden vs Montes

Who won Heerden vs Montes?

Chris Van Heerden beat Mahonri Montes by technical decision in their 6 round contest on Saturday, March 23rd, 2019, at The Hangar, California.

The scorecards were announced as 60-54, 60-54, 60-54 in favor of winner Chris Van Heerden.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

Heerden vs Montes stats

Back in March 2019, Chris Van Heerden stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Mahonri Montes made his way to the ring with a record of 35 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, with 24 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Montes had a large advantage in power over Van Heerden, boasting a 69% knockout percentage compared to Van Heerden's 46%.

Chris Van Heerden was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Montes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Van Heerden.

Chris Van Heerden fought out of the southpaw stance, while Mahonri Montes was an orthodox fighter.

Van Heerden's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Montes', having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2006, 1 month earlier than Montes, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, totaling 236 compared to Montes' 224.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chris Van Heerden had been fighting more than Mahonri Montes.

Going into this contest, Chris Van Heerden had last fought 2 years, 5 months and 1 day ago, while Mahonri Montes' last outing had been 6 months and 27 days ago.

Van Heerden's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 12 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

Montes' last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.3 rounds on average.

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