Marriaga vs Cervera

Who won Marriaga vs Cervera?

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

The scorecards were announced as 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 loses and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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 knock out.

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

Miguel Marriaga was the older man by 11 years, at 33 years old.

Cervera had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Miguel Marriaga & 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, 208 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 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at Don Haskins Center, Texas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Derlinson Buriel on 12th May 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 5th August 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 22nd April 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.

He had been beaten by Nicholas Walters on 13th June 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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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