Who won Rios vs Negrete?
Ronny Rios beat Oscar Negrete by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, February 13th, 2021, at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.
The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 100-90, 100-90 in favor of winner Ronny Rios.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 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 Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz beating Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov for the IBF World Junior Lightweight championship. Also on the undercard Patrick Teixeira lost to Brian Carlos Castano for the WBO World Junior Middleweight belt, and Bektemir Melikuziev defeated Morgan Fitch.
Rios vs Negrete stats
Back in February 2021, Ronny Rios stepped into the ring with a record of 32 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by way of knockout.
Oscar Negrete made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws, with 7 of those wins by knockout.
The stats suggested Rios had an advantage in power over Negrete, with a 50% knockout percentage compared to Negrete's 37%.
Ronny Rios was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.
Rios had a height advantage of 2 inches over Negrete. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.
Both Ronny Rios and Oscar Negrete fought out of an orthodox stance.
Rios was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Negrete, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 75 more professional rounds, totaling 234 compared to Negrete's 159.
Rios vs Negrete form
Rios 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 won against Diego De La Hoya on July 13, 2019, by knockout in the 6th round in their WBA Interim World Featherweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States.
Prior to that, he had won against Daniel Olea on April 26, 2019, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Forum, Inglewood.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Azat Hovhannisyan on March 9, 2018, by knockout in the 6th round at The Hangar, California.
Before that, he had beaten Deivi Julio Bassa on December 2, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York.
He had lost to Rey Vargas on August 26, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.
Oscar Negrete had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Alberto Ezequiel Melian on February 6, 2020, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States.
Prior to that, he had drawn with Joshua Franco on August 10, 2019, by split draw in their 10 round contest at Verizon Theatre, Texas.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Joshua Franco on April 25, 2019, by split decision in their 10 round contest at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.
Before that, he had drawn with Joshua Franco on October 4, 2018, by split draw in their 10 round contest at The Hangar, California.
He had lost to Rey Vargas on December 2, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Oscar Negrete had been fighting more than Ronny Rios.
Going into this contest, Ronny Rios had last fought 1 year and 7 months ago, while Oscar Negrete's last outing had been 1 year and 7 days ago.
Rios' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 18 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 8 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.
Negrete's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.
What time did Rios vs Negrete start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.
Who broadcast Rios vs Negrete?
Rios vs Negrete was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.
What were the odds on Rios vs Negrete?
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