Marin vs Concepcion

Who won Marin vs Concepcion?

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

The scorecards were announced as 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 loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

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

Alexandru Marin was the younger man by 6 years, at 28 years old.

Marin had a height advantage of 5 inches over Concepcion.

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

Marin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 year and 3 months later than Concepcion, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 226 less professional rounds, 74 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 8th September 2018 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Bendigo Stadium, Victoria, Australia.

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

Going into that contest, he had beat Kohei Kono on 31st August 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 17th December 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Super Flyweight championship fight at Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City, Panama.

He had beat David Sanchez on 19th September 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) favourite going into the contest, while Luis Concepcion made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.