Tapales vs Castaneda

Who won Tapales vs Castaneda?

Marlon Tapales beat Roberto Castaneda by knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday, June 1st, 2019, at Soboba Casino, 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 Hugo Centeno Jr lost to Willie Monroe Jr, and Jhack Tepora defeated Jose Luis Gallegos.

Tapales vs Castaneda stats

Back in June 2019, Marlon Tapales stepped into the ring with a record of 32 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

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

The stats suggested Castaneda had a large advantage in power over Tapales, boasting a 70% knockout percentage compared to Tapales' 47%.

Marlon Tapales was the younger man by 1 year, at 27 years old.

Castaneda had a height advantage of 4 inches over Tapales. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

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 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 10 months earlier than Castaneda, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 97 more professional rounds, totaling 269 compared 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 April 23, 2017, by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

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

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

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

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

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Tapales' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 4 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 11 months and 25 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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