Who won Hunter vs Alvarado?

Eric Hunter beat Rene Alvarado by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Tuesday 20th January 2015 at 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.

The scorecards were announced as 97-93, 97-93, 98-92 in favor of winner Eric Hunter.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

Hunter vs Alvarado stats

Eric Hunter stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 3 loses and 0  draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Rene Alvarado made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 14 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Alvarado had advantage in power over Hunter, with a 67% knock out percentage over Hunter's 53%.

Eric Hunter was the older man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Alvarado had a height advantage of 1 inch over Hunter. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Eric Hunter & Rene Alvarado fought out of an orthodox stance.

Hunter was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 less fights, and made his debut in 2005, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Alvarado, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 143 less professional rounds, 135 to Alvarado's 278.

Hunter vs Alvarado form

Alvarado had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Lamont Roach on 18th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at AT&T Center, Texas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Roger Gutierrez on 14th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Roger Gutierrez on 2nd January 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Texas.

Before that, he had won against Andrew Cancio on 23rd November 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

Hehad beat Eusebio Osejo on 26th April 2019 by technical decision in their 6 round contest at Nuevo Gimnasio Nicarao, Managua, Nicaragua.

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Alvarado's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hunter vs Alvarado?

Eric Hunter was a (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Rene Alvarado made his way into the ring at (+100) with oddsmakers.