Velazquez vs Rosales

Who won Velazquez vs Rosales?

Cristofer Rosales beat Joselito Velasquez by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, at Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale.

The scorecards were announced as 97-93, 97-93, 97-93 in favor of winner Cristofer Rosales.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Juan Francisco Estrada beating Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez for the The Ring Junior Bantamweight and WBC World Super Flyweight championship. Also on the undercard Diego Pacheco beat Timur Kerefov, and Julio Cesar Martinez defeated Samuel Carmona for the WBC World Flyweight title.

Velazquez vs Rosales stats

Back in December 2022, Joselito Velasquez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw.

Cristofer Rosales made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws.

Joselito Velasquez was the older man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Rosales had a height advantage of 3 inches over Velasquez. That also extended to a 13-inch reach advantage.

Both Joselito Velasquez and Cristofer Rosales fought out of an orthodox stance.

Velasquez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 years and 6 months later than Rosales, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 159 fewer professional rounds, totaling 126 compared to Rosales' 285.

Velazquez vs Rosales form

Cristofer Rosales had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Julio Cesar Martinez on December 20, 2019, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Arizona, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Charlie Edwards on December 22, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Paddy Barnes on August 18, 2018, by knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Windsor Park, Northern Ireland.

Before that, he had won against Daigo Higa on April 15, 2018, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Arena, Kanagawa, Japan.

He had beaten Alexander Taylor on November 24, 2017, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Puerto Salvador Allende, Managua, Nicaragua.

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Rosales' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.4 rounds on average.

What time did Velazquez vs Rosales start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Velazquez vs Rosales?

Velazquez vs Rosales was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Velazquez vs Rosales?

Joselito Velasquez was a 2/5 (-250) favorite going into the contest, while Cristofer Rosales made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.