Kavaliauskas vs Abreu

Who won Kavaliauskas vs Abreu?

Egidijus Kavaliauskas beat Juan Carlos Abreu by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 7th July 2018 at Save Mart Arena in California.

The scorecards were announced as 96-94, 97-93, 97-93 in favor of winner Egidijus Kavaliauskas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

Kavaliauskas vs Abreu stats

Back in July 2018, Egidijus Kavaliauskas stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Juan Carlos Abreu made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 19 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Abreu had a slight advantage in power over Kavaliauskas, with a 90% knock out percentage over Kavaliauskas' 84%.

Egidijus Kavaliauskas was the younger man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Abreu had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kavaliauskas. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Egidijus Kavaliauskas & Juan Carlos Abreu fought out of an orthodox stance.

Kavaliauskas was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 7 months later than Abreu, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 133 to Abreu's 156.

Egidijus Kavaliauskas went into the fight ranked number 5 by the WBA, 5 by the WBC, 2 by the WBO and 15 by the IBF at welterweight.

Activity check

Kavaliauskas' last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.7 rounds on average.

What time did Kavaliauskas vs Abreu start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Save Mart Arena, California, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Kavaliauskas vs Abreu?

Kavaliauskas vs Abreu was broadcast on ESPN in the US.

What were the odds on Kavaliauskas vs Abreu?

Egidijus Kavaliauskas was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Juan Carlos Abreu made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.