Who won Nelson vs Romero?
Steven Nelson beat Felipe Romero by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest on Friday 15th February 2019 at Grand Casino in Minnesota.
The scorecards were announced as 59-54, 58-54, 59-54 in favor of winner Steven Nelson.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 6 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 KG).
Nelson vs Romero stats
Back in February 2019, Steven Nelson stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Felipe Romero made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 16 loses and 1 draw, with 14 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Nelson had advantage in power over Romero, with a 83% knock out percentage over Romero's 70%.
Steven Nelson was the younger man by 4 years, at 30 years old.
Romero had a height advantage of 3 inches over Nelson. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.
Both Steven Nelson & Felipe Romero fought out of an orthodox stance.
Nelson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 25 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 10 year and 5 months later than Romero, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 172 less professional rounds, 69 to Romero's 241.
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