Martinez vs Ancajas II

Who won Martinez vs Ancajas II?

Fernando Martinez beat Jerwin Ancajas by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, October 8th, 2022, at Home Depot Center, Carson.

The scorecards were announced as 118-110, 119-109, 118-110 in favor of winner Fernando Martinez.

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 Sebastian Fundora beating Carlos Ocampo. Also on the undercard Carlos Adames beat Juan Macias Montiel for the WBO Interim World Middleweight belt, Egidijus Kavaliauskas defeated Mykal Fox, and Elijah Garcia was victorious over Edgar Valenzuela.

Martinez vs Ancajas II stats

Back in October 2022, Fernando Martinez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Jerwin Ancajas made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws.

Fernando Martinez was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Ancajas had a height advantage of 3 inches over Martinez. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Fernando Martinez and Jerwin Ancajas fought out of an orthodox stance.

Martinez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 8 years later than Ancajas, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 142 fewer professional rounds, totaling 115 compared to Ancajas' 257.

Jerwin Ancajas was ranked number 6 by the IBF in the 115lb division.

Martinez vs Ancajas II form

Ancajas had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Fernando Martinez on February 26, 2022, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Jonathan Javier Rodriguez on April 10, 2021, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut.

Going into that contest, he had won against Miguel Gonzalez on December 7, 2019, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Auditorio GNP Seguros, Puebla, Mexico.

Before that, he had beaten Ryuichi Funai on May 4, 2019, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Stockton Arena, California, United States.

He had drawn with Alejandro Santiago on September 28, 2018, by split draw in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Oracle Arena, California.

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Ancajas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Martinez vs Ancajas II start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Home Depot Center, Carson, United States, which was around 1:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Martinez vs Ancajas II?

Martinez vs Ancajas II was broadcast on ShowTime in the US.

What were the odds on Martinez vs Ancajas II?

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