Teraji vs Juarez

Who won Teraji vs Juarez?

Kenshiro Teraji beat Saul Juarez by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Sunday 30th December 2018 at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 119-109, 120-108, 119-109 in favor of winner Kenshiro Teraji.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds .

This contest was for the WBC championship of the world.

Teraji vs Juarez stats

Back in December 2018, Kenshiro Teraji stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Saul Juarez made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 8 loses and 2 draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Teraji had a slight advantage in power over Juarez, with a 57% knock out percentage over Juarez's 54%.

Kenshiro Teraji was the younger man by 1 year, at 27 years old.

Both Kenshiro Teraji & Saul Juarez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Teraji was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 year and 4 months later than Juarez, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 63 less professional rounds, 174 to Juarez's 237.

Teraji vs Juarez form

Teraji had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Milan Melindo on 7th October 2018 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Arena, Kanagawa, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Ganigan Lopez on 25th May 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had beat Gilberto Pedroza on 30th December 2017 by technical knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Bunka Gym, Kanagawa.

Before that, he had won against Pedro Guevara on 22nd October 2017 by majority decision in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Kokugikan, Tokyo.

He had beat Ganigan Lopez on 20th May 2017 by majority decision in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo.

Activity check

Teraji's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

Juarez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Teraji vs Juarez?

Kenshiro Teraji was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Saul Juarez made his way into the ring at 12/1 (+1200) with oddsmakers.