Romero vs Velazquez

Who won Romero vs Velazquez?

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero beat Nicolas Atilio Velazquez by knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 9th March 2019 at Dignity Health Sports Park in California.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 6 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

Romero vs Velazquez stats

Back in March 2019, Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Nicolas Atilio Velazquez made his way to the ring with a record of 10 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Velazquez, boosting at 86% knock out percentage over Velazquez's 30%.

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero was the younger man by 7 years, at 23 years old.

Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero fought out of the orthodox stance, while Nicolas Atilio Velazquez was a southpaw.

Romero was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 7 year and 2 months later than Velazquez, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 74 to Velazquez's 77.

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Romero's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Romero vs Velazquez?

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