Villa vs Valdes

Who won Villa vs Valdes?

Ruben Villa beat Brandon Valdes by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Friday 15th September 2023 at American Bank Arena in Corpus Christi.

The scorecards were announced as 78-74, 78-74, 78-74 in favor of winner Ruben Villa.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Luis Alberto Lopez beating Joet Gonzalez for the IBF World Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Jamaine Ortiz defeated Antonio Moran, Xander Zayas was victorious over Roberto Valenzuela Jr and Omar Alejandro Aguilar lost to Julio Luna Avila.

Villa vs Valdes stats

Back in September 2023, Ruben Villa stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Brandon Valdes made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws.

Ruben Villa was the older man by 2 years, at 27 years old.

Ruben Villa fought out of the southpaw stance, while Brandon Valdes was an fighter.

Villa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 4 months later than Valdes, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 51 more professional rounds, 155 to Valdes' 104.

Ruben Villa went into the fight ranked number 11 by the WBA, 4 by the WBC, 11 by the WBO and 11 by the IBF at featherweight.

Villa vs Valdes form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Maickol Lopez Villagrana on 13th May 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at Stockton Arena, Stockton, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Horacio Garcia on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 9th round at DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Emanuel Navarrete on 9th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada.

Before that, he had beat Alexei Collado on 31st January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Hirsch Coliseum, Louisiana.

He had won against Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas on 20th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at La Hacienda Event Center, Texas.

Activity check

Villa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

Valdes' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

What time did Villa vs Valdes start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at American Bank Arena, Corpus Christi, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Villa vs Valdes?

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