Who won Rodriguez vs Najera?
Saul Rodriguez beat Ivan Najera by technical knockout in the 1st round on Friday 20th November 2015 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom in Las Vegas.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).
Rodriguez vs Najera stats
Back in November 2015, Saul Rodriguez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero loses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Ivan Najera made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Rodriguez had a large advantage in power over Najera, boosting at 72% knock out percentage over Najera's 50%.
Saul Rodriguez was the same age as Ivan Najera, at 23 years old.
Rodriguez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Najera. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.
Both Saul Rodriguez & Ivan Najera fought out of an orthodox stance.
Rodriguez's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Najera's, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 months later than Najera, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 79 to Najera's 85.
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Najera's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.7 rounds on average.
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