Rivera vs Raices

Who won Rivera vs Raices?

Michel Rivera beat Anthony Mercado Raices by knockout in the 8th round on Saturday 27th February 2021 at Shrine Exposition Center in California.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Anthony Dirrell's and Kyrone Davis' clash for the WBC World Super Middleweight championship.

Rivera vs Raices stats

Back in February 2021, Michel Rivera stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Anthony Mercado Raices made his way to the ring with a record of 13 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Raices had a large advantage in power over Rivera, boosting at 85% knock out percentage over Rivera's 63%.

Michel Rivera was the older man by 26 years, at 23 years old.

Raices had a height advantage of 3 inches over Rivera. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Michel Rivera & Anthony Mercado Raices fought out of an orthodox stance.

Rivera was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 year and 5 months later than Raices, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 100 more professional rounds, 164 to Raices' 64.

Rivera vs Raices form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Ladarius Miller on 31st October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Alamodome, Texas, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had beat Jose Luis Gallegos on 21st September 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Rabobank Theater, California.

Before that, he had won against Rene Tellez Giron on 21st June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at WinnaVegas Casino & Resort, Iowa.

He had beat Carlos Daniel Cordoba on 26th January 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Radisson Victoria Plaza, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Activity check

Rivera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.

What time did Rivera vs Raices start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Shrine Exposition Center, California, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Rivera vs Raices?

Rivera vs Raices was broadcast on FOX in the US.

What were the odds on Rivera vs Raices?

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