Tapales vs Castaneda

Who won Tapales vs Castaneda?

Marlon Tapales beat Roberto Castaneda by knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday 1st June 2019 at Soboba Casino in California.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Devon Alexander losing to Ivan Redkach. Also, on the undercard Jhack Tepora beat Jose Luis Gallegos and Hugo Centeno Jr was overcome by Willie Monroe Jr.

Tapales vs Castaneda stats

Marlon Tapales stepped into the ring with a record of 32 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Roberto Castaneda made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 11 loses and 2 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Castaneda had a large advantage in power over Tapales, boosting at 70% knock out percentage over Tapales' 47%.

Marlon Tapales was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Castaneda had a height advantage of 4 inches over Tapales.

Marlon Tapales fought out of the southpaw stance, while Roberto Castaneda was an orthodox fighter.

Tapales' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Castaneda's, having had 2 less fights, and made his debut in 2008, 10 months earlier than Castaneda, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 86 more professional rounds, 258 to Castaneda's 172.

Tapales vs Castaneda form

Tapales had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Shohei Omori on 23rd April 2017 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Pungluang Sor Singyu on 27th July 2016 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at Thailand, Ayutthaya.

Going into that contest, he had beat Shohei Omori on 16th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Shimazu Arena, Kyoto, Japan.

Before that, he had won against Jecker Buhawe on 31st January 2015 by knockout in the 2nd round at University of Southeastern Philippines Gymnasium, Davao City, Philippines.

He had beat Fadhili Majiha on 28th June 2014 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Mindanao Civic Center Gymnasium, Tubod.

Activity check

Tapales' last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 11 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Tapales vs Castaneda start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Soboba Casino, California, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Tapales vs Castaneda?

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