Love vs Valenzuela

Who won Love vs Valenzuela?

Montana Love beat Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, May 7th, 2022, at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 114-112, 114-112, 114-112 in favor of winner Montana Love.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol beating Canelo Alvarez for the WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship. Also on the undercard Shakhram Giyasov defeated Christian Gomez, Zhilei Zhang was victorious over Scott Alexander, and Marc Castro beat Pedro Vicente Scharbaai.

Love vs Valenzuela stats

Back in May 2022, Montana Love stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 17 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 15 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Valenzuela had a slight advantage in power over Love, with a 60% knockout percentage compared to Love's 53%.

Montana Love was the younger man by 1 year, at 27 years old.

Valenzuela had a height advantage of 2 inches over Love. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Montana Love fought out of the southpaw stance, while Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela was an orthodox fighter.

Love was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 months earlier than Valenzuela, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 77 fewer professional rounds, totaling 105 compared to Valenzuela's 182.

Montana Love went into the fight ranked number 11 by the IBF at super lightweight.

Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela was ranked number 9 by the IBF in the 140lb division.

Love vs Valenzuela form

Love had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Carlos Diaz Ramirez on December 4, 2021, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Ivan Baranchyk on August 29, 2021, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Ohio.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Olaide Fijabi on June 5, 2021, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Hilton Al Habtoor City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had won against Cameron Krael on April 3, 2021, by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at Buckhead Fight Club, Georgia, United States.

He had beaten Jerrico Walton on February 14, 2020, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at 2300 Arena, Pennsylvania.

Activity check

Love's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 23 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.2 rounds on average.

What time did Love vs Valenzuela start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 1:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Love vs Valenzuela?

Love vs Valenzuela was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Love vs Valenzuela?

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