Who won Rodriguez vs Postol?
Elvis Rodriguez beat Viktor Postol by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 15th July 2023 at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).
This fight appeared on the undercard of Frank Martin beating Artem Harutyunyan for the WBC World Lightweight championship. Also, on the undercard Freudis Rojas defeated Diego Santiago Sanchez.
Rodriguez vs Postol stats
Back in July 2023, Elvis Rodriguez stepped into the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw.
Viktor Postol made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws.
Elvis Rodriguez was the younger man by 12 years, at 27 years old.
Postol had a height advantage of 1 inch over Rodriguez. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.
Elvis Rodriguez fought out of the southpaw stance, while Viktor Postol was an orthodox fighter.
Rodriguez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 less fights, and made his debut in 2018, 10 year and 11 months later than Postol, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 219 less professional rounds, 74 to Postol's 293.
Rodriguez vs Postol form
Viktor Postol had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gary Antuanne Russell on 26th February 2022 by technical knockout in the 10th round at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jose Carlos Ramirez on 29th August 2020 by majority decision in their WBC World Super Lightweight and WBO World Junior Welterweight championship fight at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Mohamed Mimoune on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Before that, he had lost to Josh Taylor on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at The SSE Hydro, Scotland, United Kingdom.
He had been beaten by Terence Crawford on 23rd July 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Lightweight, WBO World Junior Welterweight and The Ring Junior Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.
Activity check
Postol's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.
What time did Rodriguez vs Postol start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:45 PM EST / 7:45 PM PST at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 3:45 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Rodriguez vs Postol?
Rodriguez vs Postol was broadcast on ShowTime in the US.
What were the odds on Rodriguez vs Postol?
Elvis Rodriguez was a 2/9 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Viktor Postol made his way into the ring at 31/10 (+310) with oddsmakers.
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