Rigondeaux vs Delgado

Who won Rigondeaux vs Delgado?

Guillermo Rigondeaux beat Giovanni Delgado by knockout in the 1st round on Sunday 13th January 2019 at Microsoft Theater in California.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Jose Uzcategui losing to Caleb Plant for the IBF World Super Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard Brandon Figueroa beat Moises Flores.

Rigondeaux vs Delgado stats

Back in January 2019, Guillermo Rigondeaux stepped into the ring with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Giovanni Delgado made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Rigondeaux had a slight advantage in power over Delgado, with a 65% knock out percentage over Delgado's 56%.

Guillermo Rigondeaux was the older man by 10 years, at 38 years old.

Guillermo Rigondeaux fought out of the southpaw stance, while Giovanni Delgado was an orthodox fighter.

Rigondeaux's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Delgado's, having had 6 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 8 months earlier than Delgado, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 47 more professional rounds, 164 to Delgado's 117.

Rigondeaux vs Delgado form

Rigondeaux had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Vasyl Lomachenko on 9th December 2017 by in the 6th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Moises Flores on 17th June 2017 by knockout in the 1st round in their WBA Super World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jazza Dickens on 16th July 2016 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA Super World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Ice Arena Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beat Drian Francisco on 21st November 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Events Center, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Hisashi Amagasa on 31st December 2014 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Junior Featherweight and WBA Super World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Bodymaker Colosseum, Osaka, Japan.

Activity check

Rigondeaux's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

Delgado's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.3 rounds on average.

What time did Rigondeaux vs Delgado start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at Microsoft Theater, California, United States, which was around 12:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Rigondeaux vs Delgado?

Rigondeaux vs Delgado was broadcast on Fox Sport 1 in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by ITV 4.

What were the odds on Rigondeaux vs Delgado?

Guillermo Rigondeaux was a 1/100 (-10000) favourite going into the contest, while Giovanni Delgado made his way into the ring at 16/1 (+1600) with oddsmakers.