Who won Smith vs Garcia?

Liam Smith beat Roberto Garcia by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Friday 20th December 2019 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix.

The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 99-91, 98-92 in favor of winner Liam Smith.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Daniel Jacobs beating Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Also, on the undercard Julio Cesar Martinez beat Cristofer Rosales for the WBC World Flyweight belt, Maurice Hooker defeated Uriel Perez and Josh Kelly was victorious over Winston Campos.

Smith vs Garcia stats

Liam Smith stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Roberto Garcia made his way to the ring with a record of 42 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 25 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Garcia had a slight advantage in power over Smith, with a 60% knock out percentage over Smith's 57%.

Liam Smith was the younger man by 9 years, at 34 years old.

Garcia had a height advantage of 1 inch over Smith.

Both Liam Smith & Roberto Garcia fought out of an orthodox stance.

Smith was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 less fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 year and 8 months later than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 232 to Garcia's 261.

Smith vs Garcia form

Smith had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mario Alberto Lozano on 24th August 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Centro de Usos Multiples, Sonora, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had won against Sam Eggington on 30th March 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jaime Munguia on 21st July 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Nevada, United States.

Before that, he had beat Liam Williams on 11th November 2017 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Liam Williams on 8th April 2017 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Smith's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

What time did Smith vs Garcia start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, United States, which was around 12:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Smith vs Garcia?

Liam Smith was a 1/20 (-2000) favourite going into the contest, while Roberto Garcia made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+800) with oddsmakers.