Imanaga vs Garcia

Who won Imanaga vs Garcia?

Eridson Garcia beat Taiga Imanaga by split decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, December 27th, 2025, at Mohammed Abdo Arena, Riyadh.

The scorecards were announced as 96-93, 95-94, 95-94 in favor of winner Eridson Garcia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Naoya Inoue beating Alan Picasso for the IBF World Junior Featherweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight, WBO World Junior Featherweight and WBA Super World Super Bantamweight championship. Also on the undercard Junto Nakatani beat Sebastian Hernandez, and Reito Tsutsumi defeated Leobardo Quintana.

Imanaga vs Garcia stats

Taiga Imanaga stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Eridson Garcia made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 14 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Garcia had a slight advantage in power over Imanaga, with a 64% knockout percentage compared to Imanaga's 56%.

Taiga Imanaga was the younger man by 5 years, at 26 years old.

Imanaga had a height advantage of 2 inches over Garcia. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Taiga Imanaga fought out of the southpaw stance, while Eridson Garcia was an orthodox fighter.

Imanaga was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2022, 5 years and 2 months later than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 61 fewer professional rounds, totaling 59 compared to Garcia's 120.

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What time did Imanaga vs Garcia start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:50 AM UTC at Mohammed Abdo Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was 5:50 AM EST or 2:50 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:50 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Imanaga vs Garcia?

Imanaga vs Garcia was broadcast on DAZN PPV in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Imanaga vs Garcia?

Taiga Imanaga was a 2/5 (-250) favorite going into the contest, while Eridson Garcia made his way into the ring at 17/10 (+100) with oddsmakers.