Lara vs Lugo

Who won Lara vs Lugo?

Mauricio Lara drew with Daniel Lugo by majority draw in their 10 round contest on Friday 16th February 2024 at Auditorio Guelaguetza in Oaxaca.

The scorecards were announced as 95-96, 95-95, 95-95, meaning it was a majority draw.

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).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Adrian Curiel's and Sivenathi Nontshinga's clash for the IBF World Junior Flyweight championship.

Lara vs Lugo stats

Back in February 2024, Mauricio Lara stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Daniel Lugo made his way to the ring with a record of 27 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Lara had a slight advantage in power over Lugo, with a 73% knock out percentage over Lugo's 67%.

Mauricio Lara was the younger man by 3 years, at 26 years old.

Both Mauricio Lara & Daniel Lugo fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lara was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 months later than Lugo, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 147 to Lugo's 145.

Mauricio Lara went into the fight ranked number 14 by the WBA, 3 by the WBC and 5 by the WBO at featherweight.

Lara vs Lugo form

Mauricio Lara had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Leigh Wood on 27th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Leigh Wood on 18th February 2023 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Nottingham Arena, Nottingham.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jose Sanmartin on 22nd October 2022 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico.

Before that, he had won against Emilio Sanchez on 5th March 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pechanga Arena, California, United States.

He had drawn with Josh Warrington on 4th September 2021 by technical draw in their 1 round contest at Emerald Headingley Stadium, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Lara's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.2 rounds on average.

What time did Lara vs Lugo start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 2:00 AM UTC at Auditorio Guelaguetza, Oaxaca, Mexico, which was 9:00 PM EST or 6:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Lara vs Lugo?

Lara vs Lugo was broadcast on DAZN Global in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Lara vs Lugo?

Mauricio Lara was a 1/10 (-1000) favourite going into the contest, while Daniel Lugo made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.