Ponomarev vs Ortiz

Who won Ponomarev vs Ortiz?

Konstantin Ponomarev beat Silverio Ortiz by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 26th November 2016 at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 80-72, 80-72, 80-72 in favor of winner Konstantin Ponomarev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

Ponomarev vs Ortiz stats

Back in November 2016, Konstantin Ponomarev stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 30 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Silverio Ortiz made his way to the ring with a record of 35 wins, 18 loses and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Ortiz had a slight advantage in power over Ponomarev, with a 49% knock out percentage over Ponomarev's 43%.

Konstantin Ponomarev was the younger man by 10 years, at 24 years old.

Ponomarev had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ortiz. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Konstantin Ponomarev & Silverio Ortiz fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ponomarev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 less fights, and made his debut in 2010, 10 year later than Ortiz, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 160 less professional rounds, 226 to Ortiz's 386.

Ponomarev vs Ortiz form

Ponomarev had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Brad Solomon on 9th April 2016 by split decision in their 10 round contest at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Ramses Agaton on 20th November 2015 by majority decision in their 8 round contest at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Mikael Zewski on 1st May 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Steve Claggett on 24th January 2015 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at 1stBank Center, Broomfield.

He had won against Behzod Nabiev on 27th November 2014 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Markstadt, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Activity check

Ponomarev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.2 rounds on average.

What time did Ponomarev vs Ortiz start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Ponomarev vs Ortiz?

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