Verdejo vs Silva

Who won Verdejo vs Silva?

Felix Verdejo beat William Silva by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 27th February 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 100-90, 100-90 in favor of winner Felix Verdejo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Verdejo vs Silva stats

Back in February 2016, Felix Verdejo stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

William Silva made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 23 wins and 0 draws, with 14 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Verdejo had advantage in power over Silva, with a 74% knock out percentage over Silva's 61%.

Felix Verdejo was the younger man by 7 years, at 22 years old.

Silva had a height advantage of 4 inches over Verdejo. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Felix Verdejo & William Silva fought out of an orthodox stance.

Verdejo was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 year and 4 months later than Silva, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 40 less professional rounds, 144 to Silva's 184.

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Verdejo's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Verdejo vs Silva?

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