Mattice vs Cesena

Who won Mattice vs Cesena?

Thomas Mattice beat Ramiro Cesena by technical knockout in the 10th round on Saturday 8th April 2023 at Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio.

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 Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez beating Cristian Gonzalez for the WBO World Flyweight championship. Also, on the undercard Murodjon Akhmadaliev was overcome by Marlon Tapales for the IBF World Junior Featherweight and WBA Super World Super Bantamweight belts, Raymond Ford was victorious over Jessie Magdaleno and Israil Madrimov beat Raphael Igbokwe.

Mattice vs Cesena stats

Back in April 2023, Thomas Mattice stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw.

Ramiro Cesena made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 16 wins and 1 draw.

Thomas Mattice was the older man by 9 years, at 33 years old.

Mattice had a height advantage of 1 inch over Cesena. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Thomas Mattice & Ramiro Cesena fought out of an orthodox stance.

Mattice was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years earlier than Cesena, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 61 more professional rounds, 136 to Cesena's 75.

Ramiro Cesena was ranked number 15 by the IBF in the 130lb division.

Mattice vs Cesena form

Mattice had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Christian Tapia on 12th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Eduardo Pereira Dos Reis on 3rd September 2022 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Huntington Center, Toledo.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jessie Cris Rosales on 21st May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The Civic Center, Cleveland Heights.

Before that, he had been beaten by Luis Melendez on 5th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Las Vegas.

He had won against Deivi Julio Bassa on 19th June 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round at The Civic Center, Cleveland Heights.

Activity check

Mattice's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 29 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.8 rounds on average.

What time did Mattice vs Cesena start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio, United States, which was around 1:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Mattice vs Cesena?

Mattice vs Cesena was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.

What were the odds on Mattice vs Cesena?

Thomas Mattice was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Ramiro Cesena made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+120) with oddsmakers.