Ortiz Jr vs Salgado

Who won Ortiz Jr vs Salgado?

Vergil Ortiz Jr beat Juan Carlos Salgado by knockout in the 3rd round on Monday 23rd July 2018 at Belasco Theater in California.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

Ortiz Jr vs Salgado stats

Back in July 2018, Vergil Ortiz Jr stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Juan Carlos Salgado made his way to the ring with a record of 27 wins, 8 loses and 1 draw, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Ortiz Jr had a massive power advantage over Salgado, boosting at 100% knock out percentage over Salgado's 59%.

Vergil Ortiz Jr was the younger man by 13 years, at 21 years old.

Ortiz Jr had a height advantage of 1 inch over Salgado. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Vergil Ortiz Jr & Juan Carlos Salgado fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ortiz Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 13 year and 4 months later than Salgado, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 132 less professional rounds, 71 to Salgado's 203.

Vergil Ortiz Jr went into the fight ranked number 13 by the WBO at super lightweight.

Activity check

Ortiz Jr's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ortiz Jr vs Salgado?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Ortiz Jr vs Salgado.