Who won Santillan vs Villa?
Giovani Santillan beat Angel Beltran Villa by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, May 10th, 2025, at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.
The scorecards were announced as 97-93, 97-93, 97-93 in favor of winner Giovani Santillan.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 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 Emanuel Navarrete beating Charly Suarez for the WBO World Junior Lightweight championship. Also on the undercard Raymond Muratalla beat Zaur Abdullaev for the IBF Interim World Lightweight belt, Sebastian Hernandez Reyes defeated Azat Hovhannisyan, and Andres Cortes was victorious over Salvador Jimenez.
Santillan vs Villa stats
Giovani Santillan stepped into the ring with a record of 33 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws.
Angel Beltran Villa made his way to the ring with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.
Giovani Santillan was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.
Villa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Santillan.
Both Giovani Santillan and Angel Beltran Villa fought out of a southpaw stance.
Santillan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years earlier than Villa, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 83 more professional rounds, totaling 177 compared to Villa's 94.
Giovani Santillan went into the fight ranked number 13 by the WBC, and 13 by the WBO at welterweight.
Santillan vs Villa form
Santillan 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 had won against Fredrick Lawson on December 7, 2024, by in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.
Prior to that, he had been beaten by Brian Norman Jr on May 18, 2024, by knockout in the 10th round in their WBO Interim World Welterweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.
Going into that contest, he had won against Alexis Rocha on October 21, 2023, by knockout in the 6th round at Kia Forum, Inglewood.
Before that, he had beaten Erick Bone on July 22, 2023, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Firelake Arena, Shawnee.
He had defeated Julio Luna Avila on August 20, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.
Activity check
Santillan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 20 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.
What time did Santillan vs Villa start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.
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