Rocha vs Lawson

Who won Rocha vs Lawson?

Alexis Rocha beat Fredrick Lawson by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 30th March 2024 at YouTube Theater in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Alexis Rocha.

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).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Arsen Goulamirian losing to Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez for the WBA Super World Cruiserweight championship. Also, on the undercard Ricardo Rafael Sandoval beat Carlos Buitrago.

Rocha vs Lawson stats

Alexis Rocha stepped into the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws.

Fredrick Lawson made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws.

Alexis Rocha was the younger man by 8 years, at 26 years old.

Lawson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rocha. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Alexis Rocha fought out of the southpaw stance, while Fredrick Lawson was an orthodox fighter.

Rocha was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 year later than Lawson, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 147 to Lawson's 175.

Alexis Rocha went into the fight ranked number 15 by the WBO and 11 by the IBF at welterweight.

Rocha vs Lawson form

Rocha had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Giovani Santillan on 21st October 2023 by knockout in the 6th round at Kia Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Anthony Young on 27th May 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio.

Going into that contest, he had beat George Ashie on 28th January 2023 by knockout in the 7th round at YouTube Theater, Inglewood.

Before that, he had won against Jesus Antonio Perez Campos on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

He had beat Luis Alberto Veron on 16th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles.

Activity check

Rocha's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Rocha vs Lawson start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at YouTube Theater, Inglewood, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Rocha vs Lawson?

Rocha vs Lawson was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.

What were the odds on Rocha vs Lawson?

Alexis Rocha was a 1/25 (-2500) favourite going into the contest, while Fredrick Lawson made his way into the ring at 11/1 (+1100) with oddsmakers.