Rivera vs Fernandez

Who won Rivera vs Fernandez?

Michel Rivera beat Jon Fernandez by knockout in the 8th round on Saturday 3rd July 2021 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Chris Colbert's and Tugstsogt Nyambayar's clash.

Rivera vs Fernandez stats

Back in July 2021, Michel Rivera stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jon Fernandez made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Fernandez had a large advantage in power over Rivera, boosting at 86% knock out percentage over Rivera's 65%.

Michel Rivera was the younger man by 2 years, at 24 years old.

Fernandez had a height advantage of 3 inches over Rivera.

Both Michel Rivera & Jon Fernandez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Rivera's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Fernandez's, having had 2 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 11 months later than Fernandez, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 81 more professional rounds, 164 to Fernandez's 83.

Michel Rivera went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBA, 15 by the WBO and 11 by the IBF at lightweight.

Jon Fernandez was ranked number 11 by the WBA in the 135lb division.

Rivera vs Fernandez form

Rivera had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Anthony Mercado Raices on 27th February 2021 by knockout in the 8th round at Shrine Exposition Center, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Ladarius Miller on 31st October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Alamodome, Texas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Fidel Maldonado Jr on 1st February 2020 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Mississippi.

Before that, he had won against Jose Luis Gallegos on 21st September 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Rabobank Theater, California.

He had beat Rene Tellez Giron on 21st June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at WinnaVegas Casino & Resort, Iowa.

Activity check

Rivera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.2 rounds on average.

What time did Rivera vs Fernandez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Rivera vs Fernandez?

Rivera vs Fernandez was broadcast on ShowTime in the US.

What were the odds on Rivera vs Fernandez?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Rivera vs Fernandez.