Vazquez vs Payano

Who won Vazquez vs Payano?

Juan Carlos Payano beat Damien Vazquez by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday, March 9th, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park, California.

The scorecards were announced as 79-73, 80-71, 80-71 in favor of winner Juan Carlos Payano.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Shawn Porter beating Yordenis Ugas for the WBC World Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Efe Ajagba beat Amir Mansour.

Vazquez vs Payano stats

Back in March 2019, Damien Vazquez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Juan Carlos Payano made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Vazquez had a slight advantage in power over Payano, with a 50% knockout percentage compared to Payano's 45%.

Damien Vazquez was the younger man by 13 years, at 22 years old.

Both Damien Vazquez and Juan Carlos Payano fought out of a southpaw stance.

Vazquez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 11 months later than Payano, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 77 fewer professional rounds, totaling 97 compared to Payano's 174.

Damien Vazquez went into the fight ranked number 15 by the WBA at bantamweight.

Juan Carlos Payano was ranked number 11 by the WBA, and 8 by the WBC in the 118lb division.

Vazquez vs Payano form

Juan Carlos Payano had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Naoya Inoue on October 7, 2018, by knockout in the 1st round in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at Arena, Kanagawa, Japan.

Prior to that, he had beaten Alexis Santiago on August 22, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Sam's Town Hotel, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Rau’shee Warren on June 18, 2016, by majority decision in their WBA Super World Bantamweight championship fight at UIC Pavilion, Chicago.

Before that, he had won against Rau’shee Warren on August 2, 2015, by split decision in their WBA Super World Bantamweight championship fight at Full Sail University, Winter Park.

He had beaten Anselmo Moreno on September 26, 2014, by technical decision in their WBA Super World Bantamweight championship fight at Mesquite Arena, Mesquite.

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Payano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.2 rounds on average.

What time did Vazquez vs Payano start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Vazquez vs Payano?

Vazquez vs Payano was broadcast on FOX in the US.

What were the odds on Vazquez vs Payano?

Damien Vazquez was a 13/5 (+260) underdog going into the contest, while Juan Carlos Payano made his way into the ring at 7/25 (-360) with oddsmakers.