Villa vs Rodriguez

Who won Villa vs Rodriguez?

Ricardo Salas Rodriguez beat Roiman Villa by knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday, September 14th, 2024, at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez beating Edgar Berlanga for the WBO World Super Middleweight, WBC World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight and The Ring Super Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Erislandy Lara beat Danny Garcia for the WBA World Middleweight belt, Caleb Plant defeated Trevor McCumby for the WBA Interim World Super Middleweight title, Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero was victorious over Manuel Jaimes, and Stephen Fulton beat Carlos Castro.

Villa vs Rodriguez stats

Roiman Villa stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws.

Ricardo Salas Rodriguez made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws.

Roiman Villa was the older man by 6 years, at 31 years old.

Rodriguez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Villa. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Roiman Villa and Ricardo Salas Rodriguez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Villa was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Rodriguez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 12 fewer professional rounds, totaling 100 compared to Rodriguez's 112.

Roiman Villa went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBC at welterweight.

Villa vs Rodriguez form

Villa had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis on July 8, 2023, by knockout in the 10th round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Rashidi Ellis on January 7, 2023, by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Capital One Arena, Washington.

Going into that contest, he had won against Janelson Figueroa Bocachica on September 9, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Bally's Event Center, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had beaten Andres Garcia on July 29, 2022, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Estadio American Box, Montevideo, Uruguay.

He had defeated Jesus Bravo on April 29, 2022, by technical knockout in the 4th round at Centro de Convenciones Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Bella Vista, Panama.

Activity check

Villa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 16 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 33 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.6 rounds on average.

What time did Villa vs Rodriguez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:30 PM EST / 3:30 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 11:30 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Villa vs Rodriguez?

Villa vs Rodriguez was broadcast on Amazon Prime Video in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Amazon Prime PPV.

What were the odds on Villa vs Rodriguez?

Roiman Villa was a 2/15 (-670) favorite going into the contest, while Ricardo Salas Rodriguez made his way into the ring at 21/4 (+460) with oddsmakers.