Who won Vargas vs Lopez?
Francisco Vargas beat Juan Manuel Lopez by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday 12th July 2014 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as 74-77, 75-75, 75-76 in favor of winner Francisco Vargas.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 KG).
Vargas vs Lopez stats
Back in July 2014, Francisco Vargas stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero loses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Juan Manuel Lopez made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 31 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Lopez had a large advantage in power over Vargas, boosting at 91% knock out percentage over Vargas' 68%.
Francisco Vargas was the younger man by 1 year, at 30 years old.
Vargas had a height advantage of 3 inches over Lopez. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Francisco Vargas fought out of the orthodox stance, while Juan Manuel Lopez was a southpaw.
Vargas was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 less fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 year and 1 month later than Lopez, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 169 to Lopez's 169.
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Lopez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.
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