Lara vs Sanchez

Who won Lara vs Sanchez?

Mauricio Lara beat Emilio Sanchez by knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday 5th March 2022 at Pechanga Arena in California.

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 Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez beating Julio Cesar Martinez. Also, on the undercard Souleymane Cissokho beat Roberto Valenzuela Jr, Diego Pacheco defeated Genc Pllana and Skye Nicolson was victorious over Jessica Juarez.

Lara vs Sanchez stats

Back in March 2022, Mauricio Lara stepped into the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Emilio Sanchez made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Lara had a slight advantage in power over Sanchez, with a 70% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 63%.

Mauricio Lara was the older man by 26 years, at 24 years old.

Lara had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sanchez.

Both Mauricio Lara & Emilio Sanchez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lara was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 8 year and 6 months later than Sanchez, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 66 more professional rounds, 147 to Sanchez's 81.

Mauricio Lara went into the fight ranked number 4 by the WBO and 3 by the IBF at featherweight.

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Lara's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What time did Lara vs Sanchez start?

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

Who broadcast Lara vs Sanchez?

Lara vs Sanchez was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.

What were the odds on Lara vs Sanchez?

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