Who won Quigley vs Melendez?

Jason Quigley beat Jorge Melendez by knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 17th December 2016 at Forum in Inglewood.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Quigley vs Melendez stats

Jason Quigley stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jorge Melendez made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 7 loses and 1 draw, with 28 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Melendez had advantage in power over Quigley, with a 93% knock out percentage over Quigley's 82%.

Jason Quigley was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Melendez had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Jason Quigley & Jorge Melendez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Quigley was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 year and 2 months later than Melendez, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 76 less professional rounds, 83 to Melendez's 159.

Quigley vs Melendez form

Quigley had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Fernando Marin on 23rd January 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at The Hangar, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Tureano Johnson on 18th July 2019 by knockout in the 9th round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Daniel Rosario Cruz on 31st March 2018 by knockout in the 6th round at Marina Bay SportsPlex, Massachusetts.

Before that, he had beat Glen Tapia on 23rd March 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio.

He had won against Glen Tapia on 23rd March 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

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Quigley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

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