Hoya vs Salgado

Who won Hoya vs Salgado?

Diego De La Hoya beat Jose Salgado by technical knockout in the 7th round on Friday 8th June 2018 at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in New York.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Diego De La Hoya.

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).

Hoya vs Salgado stats

Back in June 2018, Diego De La Hoya stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jose Salgado made his way to the ring with a record of 36 wins, 4 loses and 2 draws, with 29 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Salgado had a massive power advantage over De La Hoya, boosting at 81% knock out percentage over De La Hoya's 45%.

Diego De La Hoya was the younger man by 5 years, at 24 years old.

Both Diego De La Hoya & Jose Salgado fought out of an orthodox stance.

De La Hoya was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 22 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 6 year and 7 months later than Salgado, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 55 less professional rounds, 166 to Salgado's 221.

Hoya vs Salgado form

De La Hoya had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Randy Caballero on 16th September 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Alan Isaias Luques Castillo on 1st July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Parque La Pedrera, Villa Mercedes, Argentina.

Going into that contest, he had won against Rocco Santomauro on 7th May 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beat Arturo Badillo on 19th February 2016 by knockout in the 4th round at Belasco Theater, Los Angeles.

He had defeated Giovanni Delgado on 20th November 2015 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint, Las Vegas.

Activity check

De La Hoya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Hoya vs Salgado start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Hoya vs Salgado?

Diego De La Hoya was a 1/20 (-2000) favourite going into the contest, while Jose Salgado made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+800) with oddsmakers.