Rio vs Lejarraga

Who won Rio vs Lejarraga?

Kerman Lejarraga beat Jose Del Rio by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 11th November 2017 at Bilbao Arena in País Vasco.

The scorecards were announced as 90-99, 91-99, 92-98 in favor of winner Kerman Lejarraga.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

Rio vs Lejarraga stats

Back in November 2017, Jose Del Rio stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kerman Lejarraga made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 23 wins and 0 draws, with 19 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Lejarraga had a massive power advantage over Rio, boosting at 83% knock out percentage over Rio's 27%.

Jose Del Rio was the older man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

Jose Del Rio fought out of the southpaw stance, while Kerman Lejarraga was an orthodox fighter.

Rio was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Lejarraga, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, 233 to Lejarraga's 180.

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Lejarraga's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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