Martinez vs Burgos

Who won Martinez vs Burgos?

Xavier Martinez beat Juan Carlos Burgos by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 15th May 2021 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson.

The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 99-91, 99-91 in favor of winner Xavier Martinez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Brandon Figueroa beating Luis Nery for the WBC World Super Bantamweight and WBA World Super Bantamweight championship. Also, on the undercard Daniel Roman defeated Ricardo Espinoza.

Martinez vs Burgos stats

Back in May 2021, Xavier Martinez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Juan Carlos Burgos made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 4 loses and 2 draws, with 21 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Martinez had a slight advantage in power over Burgos, with a 69% knock out percentage over Burgos' 62%.

Xavier Martinez was the younger man by 10 years, at 24 years old.

Burgos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Martinez. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Xavier Martinez & Juan Carlos Burgos fought out of an orthodox stance.

Martinez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 10 year and 6 months later than Burgos, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 220 less professional rounds, 99 to Burgos' 319.

Martinez vs Burgos form

Martinez had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Claudio Marrero on 24th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Jessie Cris Rosales on 1st November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had beat John Vincent Moralde on 5th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nevada.

Before that, he had won against Deivi Julio Bassa on 9th February 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Dignity Health Sports Park , California.

He had beat Oscar Bravo on 22nd September 2018 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nevada.

Activity check

Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 27 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.4 rounds on average.

Burgos' last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 7 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 rounds on average.

What time did Martinez vs Burgos start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Martinez vs Burgos?

Martinez vs Burgos was broadcast on ShowTime in the US.

What were the odds on Martinez vs Burgos?

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