Who won Valdez vs Marriaga?
Oscar Valdez beat Miguel Marriaga by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 22nd April 2017 at StubHub Center in Carson.
The scorecards were announced as 119-108, 118-109, 116-111 in favor of winner Oscar Valdez.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).
This contest was for the WBO featherweight championship of the world.
Valdez vs Marriaga stats
Back in April 2017, Oscar Valdez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 21 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Miguel Marriaga made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 21 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Valdez had a slight advantage in power over Marriaga, with a 90% knock out percentage over Marriaga's 84%.
Oscar Valdez was the younger man by 4 years, at 26 years old.
Marriaga had a height advantage of 3 inches over Valdez. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Both Oscar Valdez & Miguel Marriaga fought out of an orthodox stance.
Valdez was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 year and 4 months later than Marriaga, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 221 to Marriaga's 208.
Miguel Marriaga was ranked number 1 by the WBO in the 126lb division.
Valdez vs Marriaga form
Oscar Valdez had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Hiroshige Osawa on 5th November 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Matias Carlos Adrian Rueda on 23rd July 2016 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had beat Evgeny Gradovich on 9th April 2016 by technical knockout in the 4th round at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had won against Ernie Sanchez on 12th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Convention Center, Tucson.
He had beat Chris Avalos on 11th September 2015 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas.
Activity check
Valdez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.
What time did Valdez vs Marriaga start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at StubHub Center, Carson, United States, which was around 5:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Valdez vs Marriaga?
The fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.
What were the odds on Valdez vs Marriaga?
Oscar Valdez was a 2/25 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Miguel Marriaga made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.
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