Marriaga vs Cervera

Who won Marriaga vs Cervera?

Miguel Marriaga beat Ruben Cervera by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday, May 11th, 2019, at Convention Center, Arizona.

The scorecards were announced in favor of winner Miguel Marriaga.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 kg).

Marriaga vs Cervera stats

Back in May 2019, Miguel Marriaga stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Ruben Cervera made his way to the ring with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Cervera had a slight advantage in power over Marriaga, with a 90% knockout percentage compared to Marriaga's 85%.

Miguel Marriaga was the older man by 11 years, at 32 years old.

Cervera had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Miguel Marriaga and Ruben Cervera fought out of an orthodox stance.

Marriaga was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 years and 5 months earlier than Cervera, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 163 more professional rounds, totaling 208 compared to Cervera's 45.

Marriaga vs Cervera form

Miguel Marriaga had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Jose Estrella on November 3, 2018, by knockout in the 4th round at Don Haskins Center, Texas, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Derlinson Buriel on May 12, 2018, by knockout in the 4th round at Plaza de la Aduana, Cartagena, Colombia.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Vasyl Lomachenko on August 5, 2017, by knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Oscar Valdez on April 22, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.

He had been beaten by Nicholas Walters on June 13, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

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Marriaga's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 28 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 9 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

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