Russell vs Santiago

Who won Russell vs Santiago?

Gary Antonio Russell beat Alejandro Santiago by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 27th November 2021 at Park Theater in Nevada.

The scorecards were announced as 95-95, 96-94, 96-94 in favor of winner Gary Antonio Russell.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Brandon Figueroa losing to Stephen Fulton for the WBC World Super Bantamweight and WBO World Junior Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Raeese Aleem beat Eduardo Baez.

Russell vs Santiago stats

Back in November 2021, Gary Antonio Russell stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alejandro Santiago made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 2 loses and 5 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Russell had advantage in power over Santiago, with a 67% knock out percentage over Santiago's 54%.

Gary Antonio Russell was the older man by 3 years, at 29 years old.

Russell had a height advantage of 3 inches over Santiago. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Gary Antonio Russell & Alejandro Santiago fought out of an orthodox stance.

Russell was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 year and 1 month later than Santiago, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 133 less professional rounds, 90 to Santiago's 223.

Gary Antonio Russell went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBA and 8 by the IBF at bantamweight.

Alejandro Santiago was ranked number 7 by the WBC in the 118lb division.

Russell vs Santiago form

Russell had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he Emmanuel Rodriguez on 14th August 2021 by in the 1st round at Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Juan Carlos Payano on 19th December 2020 by technical decision in their 7 round contest at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jesus Martinez on 8th February 2020 by technical decision in the 6th round at PPL Center, Pennsylvania.

Before that, he had won against Samuel Gutierrez on 2nd November 2019 by technical knockout in the 1st round at MGM National Harbor, Maryland.

He had beat Francisco Pedroza on 13th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota.

Santiago had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Jerwin Ancajas on 28th September 2018 by split draw in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Oracle Arena, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Jose Martinez on 24th March 2018 by split draw at Complejo Ferial, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Going into that contest, he had defeated David Godinez on 8th December 2017 by knockout at Gimnasio Independencia, Baja California, Mexico.

Before that, he had won against Efrain Gonzalez on 21st October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at Swatmeet Las Californias, Baja California.

He had defeated Samuel Medina on 26th May 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Salon Mezzanine, Baja California.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Gary Antonio Russell had been fighting more than Alejandro Santiago.

Going to this contest, Gary Antonio Russell had last fought 3 months and 13 days ago, while Alejandro Santiago's last outing had been 3 years, 1 month and 30 days ago.

Russell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Santiago's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Russell vs Santiago start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Park Theater, Nevada, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Russell vs Santiago?

Russell vs Santiago was broadcast on ShowTime in the US.

What were the odds on Russell vs Santiago?

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