Sanchez vs Fernandez

Who won Sanchez vs Fernandez?

Frank Sanchez beat Julian Fernandez by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 19th December 2020 at Alamodome in Texas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez's and Callum Smith's clash for the WBC World Super Middleweight and WBA Super World Super Middleweight championship.

Sanchez vs Fernandez stats

Back in December 2020, Frank Sanchez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Julian Fernandez made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Fernandez had a slight advantage in power over Sanchez, with a 79% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 75%.

Frank Sanchez was the older man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Both Frank Sanchez & Julian Fernandez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Sanchez was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 9 months later than Fernandez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 66 more professional rounds, 110 to Fernandez's 44.

Frank Sanchez went into the fight ranked number 14 by the WBA, 14 by the WBC and 7 by the WBO at heavyweight.

Sanchez vs Fernandez form

Sanchez remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Brian Howard on 7th November 2020 by knockout in the 4th round at Microsoft Theater, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Joey Dawejko on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Barclays Center, New York.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jack Mulowayi on 26th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Santander Arena, Reading.

Before that, he had beat Victor Bisbal on 31st August 2019 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota.

He had defeated Jason Bergman on 13th July 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota.

Activity check

Sanchez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What time did Sanchez vs Fernandez start?

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

Who broadcast Sanchez vs Fernandez?

Sanchez vs Fernandez was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.

What were the odds on Sanchez vs Fernandez?

Frank Sanchez was a 1/100 (-10000) favourite going into the contest, while Julian Fernandez made his way into the ring at 25/2 (+1300) with oddsmakers.