Martinez vs Duran

Who won Martinez vs Duran?

Kiko Martinez beat Jayro Duran by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 11th September 2021 at Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron in Cataluña.

The scorecards were announced as 80-71, 79-72, - in favor of winner Kiko Martinez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

Martinez vs Duran stats

Back in September 2021, Kiko Martinez stepped into the ring with a record of 41 wins, 10 loses and 2 draws, 29 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jayro Duran made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 9 loses and 0 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Duran had a large advantage in power over Martinez, boosting at 93% knock out percentage over Martinez's 71%.

Kiko Martinez was the older man by 38 years, at 36 years old.

Duran had a height advantage of 2 inches over Martinez.

Both Kiko Martinez & Jayro Duran fought out of an orthodox stance.

Martinez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 30 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 10 years and 1 month earlier than Duran, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 203 more professional rounds, 349 to Duran's 146.

Martinez vs Duran form

Kiko Martinez had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Zelfa Barrett on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Noe Martinez Raygoza on 21st August 2020 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at El Malecon, Cantabria, Spain.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Gary Russell Jr on 18th May 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round in their WBC World Featherweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Josh Warrington on 13th May 2017 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Leo Santa Cruz on 27th February 2016 by technical knockout in the 5th round in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Activity check

Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

What time did Martinez vs Duran start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Pabellón de la Vall d'Hebron, Cataluña, Spain, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

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