Lopez vs Santana

Who won Lopez vs Santana?

Josesito Lopez beat Francisco Santana by technical knockout in the 10th round on Saturday, December 5th, 2020, at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

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).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Errol Spence Jr beating Danny Garcia for the WBC World Welterweight and IBF World Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Eduardo Ramirez defeated Miguel Flores, and Sebastian Fundora was victorious over Habib Ahmed.

Lopez vs Santana stats

Back in December 2020, Josesito Lopez stepped into the ring with a record of 37 wins, 8 losses, and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Francisco Santana made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, with 12 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Lopez had a slight advantage in power over Santana, with a 54% knockout percentage compared to Santana's 48%.

Josesito Lopez was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Santana had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Josesito Lopez and Francisco Santana fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lopez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 2 years and 9 months earlier than Santana, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 94 more professional rounds, totaling 299 compared to Santana's 205.

Josesito Lopez went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBC at welterweight.

Lopez vs Santana form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated John Molina Jr on September 28, 2019, by knockout in the 8th round at Staples Center, LA, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Keith Thurman on January 26, 2019, by majority decision in their WBA Super World Welterweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Saul Corral on April 9, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at The Novo at L.A. Live, California.

Before that, he had beaten Todd Manuel on December 10, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at USC Galen Center, California.

He had lost to Andre Berto on March 13, 2015, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBA Interim World Welterweight championship fight at Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario.

Activity check

Lopez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 22 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 1 month and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.4 rounds on average.

Santana's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Lopez vs Santana start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Lopez vs Santana?

Lopez vs Santana was broadcast on TrillerTV PPV US in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Premier Sports.

What were the odds on Lopez vs Santana?

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