Santillan vs DeMarco

Who won Santillan vs DeMarco?

Giovani Santillan beat Antonio DeMarco by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Tuesday 16th June 2020 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 96-94, 95-95, 96-94 in favor of winner Giovani Santillan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Joshua Greer Jr's and Mike Plania's clash.

Santillan vs DeMarco stats

Back in June 2020, Giovani Santillan stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Antonio DeMarco made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 8 loses and 1 draw, with 24 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested DeMarco had advantage in power over Santillan, with a 73% knock out percentage over Santillan's 60%.

Giovani Santillan was the younger man by 6 years, at 29 years old.

DeMarco had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santillan. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Giovani Santillan & Antonio DeMarco fought out of a southpaw stance.

Santillan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 year and 10 months later than DeMarco, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 85 less professional rounds, 166 to DeMarco's 251.

Santillan vs DeMarco form

Antonio DeMarco had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jamal James on 13th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA Interim World Welterweight championship fight at Armory, Minnesota, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Maxim Dadashev on 20th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Park Theater, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had won against Eddie Ramirez on 14th October 2017 by technical knockout in the 1st round at StubHub Center, Carson.

Before that, he had lost to Omar Figueroa Jr on 12th December 2015 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

He had been beaten by Rances Barthelemy on 21st June 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Activity check

DeMarco's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

What time did Santillan vs DeMarco start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Santillan vs DeMarco?

Santillan vs DeMarco was broadcast on ESPN in the US.

What were the odds on Santillan vs DeMarco?

Giovani Santillan was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Antonio DeMarco made his way into the ring at 3/1 (+300) with oddsmakers.