Marin vs Concepcion

Who won Marin vs Concepcion?

Alexandru Marin beat Luis Concepcion by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, May 11th, 2019, at Washington, District of Columbia.

The scorecards were announced in favor of winner Alexandru Marin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Jarrett Hurd losing to Julian Williams for the IBF World Junior Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Matt Korobov beat Immanuwel Aleem, Paulus Ambunda was overcome by Stephen Fulton, and Mario Barrios was victorious over Juan Jose Velasco.

Marin vs Concepcion stats

Back in May 2019, Alexandru Marin stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 17 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Luis Concepcion made his way to the ring with a record of 37 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, with 26 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Concepcion had a slight advantage in power over Marin, with a 70% knockout percentage compared to Marin's 65%.

Alexandru Marin was the younger man by 7 years, at 27 years old.

Marin had a height advantage of 5 inches over Concepcion.

Both Alexandru Marin and Luis Concepcion fought out of an orthodox stance.

Marin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 years and 3 months later than Concepcion, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 226 fewer professional rounds, totaling 74 compared to Concepcion's 300.

Alexandru Marin went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBO, and 3 by the IBF at super flyweight.

Marin vs Concepcion form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Andrew Moloney on September 8, 2018, by technical knockout in the 10th round at Bendigo Stadium, Victoria, Australia.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Kal Yafai on December 10, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kohei Kono on August 31, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had won against Hernan Marquez on December 17, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Super Flyweight championship fight at Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City, Panama.

He had beaten David Sanchez on September 19, 2015, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA Interim World Super Flyweight championship fight at Centro de Usos Multiples, Hermosillo, Mexico.

Activity check

Concepcion's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

What time did Marin vs Concepcion start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Washington, District of Columbia, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Marin vs Concepcion?

Marin vs Concepcion was broadcast on FOX in the US.

What were the odds on Marin vs Concepcion?

Alexandru Marin was a 7/50 (-710) favorite going into the contest, while Luis Concepcion made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.