Romero vs Sparrow

Who won Romero vs Sparrow?

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero beat Avery Sparrow by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday, January 23rd, 2021, at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut.

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 Angelo Leo losing to Stephen Fulton for the WBO World Junior Featherweight championship. Also on the undercard Vic Pasillas lost to Raeese Aleem.

Romero vs Sparrow stats

Back in January 2021, Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Avery Sparrow made his way to the ring with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Sparrow, boasting a 83% knockout percentage compared to Sparrow's 30%.

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero was the younger man by 2 years, at 25 years old.

Romero had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sparrow. Despite this, Sparrow had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero and Avery Sparrow fought out of an orthodox stance.

Romero's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Sparrow's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 4 months later than Sparrow, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, totaling 74 compared to Sparrow's 71.

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBA at lightweight.

Romero vs Sparrow form

Romero had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Jackson Marinez on August 15, 2020, by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Lightweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Arturs Ahmetovs on February 22, 2020, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Juan Carlos Cordones on November 1, 2019, by knockout in the 1st round at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nevada.

Before that, he had beaten Andres Figueroa on April 20, 2019, by knockout in the 4th round at Dignity Health Sports Park , California.

He had defeated Nicolas Atilio Velazquez on March 9, 2019, by knockout in the 1st round at Dignity Health Sports Park , California.

Activity check

Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 14 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What time did Romero vs Sparrow start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Romero vs Sparrow?

Romero vs Sparrow was broadcast on ShowTime in the US.

What were the odds on Romero vs Sparrow?

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