Sandoval vs Jimenez

Who won Sandoval vs Jimenez?

David Jimenez beat Ricardo Rafael Sandoval by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 16th July 2022 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

The scorecards were announced as 112-114, 112-114, 113-113 in favor of winner David Jimenez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Ryan Garcia beating Javier Fortuna. Also, on the undercard Lamont Roach beat Angel Rodriguez, Oscar Collazo defeated Vic Saludar and Alexis Rocha was victorious over Luis Alberto Veron.

Sandoval vs Jimenez stats

Back in July 2022, Ricardo Rafael Sandoval stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

David Jimenez made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 11 wins and 0 draws, with 9 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Jimenez had a slight advantage in power over Sandoval, with a 82% knock out percentage over Sandoval's 75%.

Ricardo Rafael Sandoval was the younger man by 7 years, at 24 years old.

Sandoval had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jimenez. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Ricardo Rafael Sandoval fought out of the orthodox stance, while David Jimenez was a southpaw.

Sandoval was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Jimenez, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 135 to Jimenez's 109.

Ricardo Rafael Sandoval went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBA, 3 by the WBC, 1 by the WBO and 1 by the IBF at flyweight.

David Jimenez was ranked number 1 by the WBA in the 112lb division.

Sandoval vs Jimenez form

Ricardo Rafael Sandoval had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Jay Harris on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 8th round in their IBF World Flyweight championship fight at Bolton Whites Hotel (formerly De Vere Whites), Lancashire, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Raymond Tabugon on 6th February 2020 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Gilbert Gonzalez on 16th November 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Plaza De Toros, Guanajuato, Mexico.

Before that, he had beat Marco Sustaita on 18th July 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States.

He had defeated Christian Aranda Orenday on 13th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Bufalo Wild Wings, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Activity check

Sandoval's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.2 rounds on average.

What time did Sandoval vs Jimenez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, United States, which was around 12:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Sandoval vs Jimenez?

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

What were the odds on Sandoval vs Jimenez?

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