McDonnell vs Sanchez

Who won McDonnell vs Sanchez?

Gavin McDonnell beat Jorge Sanchez by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 27th February 2016 at Manchester Arena in Manchester.

The scorecards were announced as 118-109, 118-110, 119-108 in favor of winner Gavin McDonnell.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).

McDonnell vs Sanchez stats

Back in February 2016, Gavin McDonnell stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero loses and 2  draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jorge Sanchez made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 15 wins and 0 draws, with 9 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Sanchez had a massive power advantage over McDonnell, boosting at 60% knock out percentage over McDonnell's 29%.

Gavin McDonnell was the older man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Both Gavin McDonnell & Jorge Sanchez fought out of an orthodox stance.

McDonnell's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Sanchez's, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 months earlier than Sanchez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 120 less professional rounds, 0 to Sanchez's 120.

Activity check

McDonnell's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 48 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.

What were the odds on McDonnell vs Sanchez?

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