Popoca vs Cortes

Who won Popoca vs Cortes?

Arturo Popoca beat Edgar Joe Cortes by technical knockout in the 8th round on Saturday, April 12th, 2025, at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis beating Eimantas Stanionis for the IBF World Welterweight, WBA Super World Welterweight and The Ring Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Raymond Ford beat Thomas Mattice, and Shakhram Giyasov defeated Franco Maximiliano Ocampo.

Popoca vs Cortes stats

Arturo Popoca stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw.

Edgar Joe Cortes made his way to the ring with a record of 9 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw.

Arturo Popoca was the older man by 24 years, at 24 years old.

Arturo Popoca fought out of the orthodox stance, while Edgar Joe Cortes was a southpaw.

Popoca was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 8 years and 6 months later than Cortes, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, totaling 0 compared to Cortes' 0.

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Popoca's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 27 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

What time did Popoca vs Cortes start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:15 PM EST / 3:15 PM PST at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, United States, which was around 11:15 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Popoca vs Cortes?

Popoca vs Cortes was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Popoca vs Cortes?

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