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 8th October 2022 at Home Depot Center in 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 loses and 0 draws.

Jerwin Ancajas made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 2 loses 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 & Jerwin Ancajas fought out of an orthodox stance.

Martinez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 8 year later than Ancajas, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 145 less professional rounds, 103 to Ancajas' 248.

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 26th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Jonathan Javier Rodriguez on 10th April 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 7th December 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 beat Ryuichi Funai on 4th May 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 28th September 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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