Villa vs Villagrana

Who won Villa vs Villagrana?

Ruben Villa beat Maickol Lopez Villagrana by knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 13th May 2023 at Stockton Arena in Stockton.

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 Janibek Alimkhanuly beating Steven Butler for the WBO World Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard Jason Moloney defeated Vincent Astrolabio for the WBO World Bantamweight belt and Gabriel Flores Jr was victorious over Derrick Murray.

Villa vs Villagrana stats

Back in May 2023, Ruben Villa stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Maickol Lopez Villagrana made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws.

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

Villagrana had a height advantage of 1 inch over Villa.

Both Ruben Villa & Maickol Lopez Villagrana fought out of a southpaw stance.

Villa's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Villagrana's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 year and 1 month later than Villagrana, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 54 more professional rounds, 145 to Villagrana's 91.

Ruben Villa went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBA, 8 by the WBC and 11 by the WBO at featherweight.

Villa vs Villagrana form

Villa had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Horacio Garcia on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 9th round at DoubleTree Hotel, Ontario, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, he had beat Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas on 20th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at La Hacienda Event Center, Texas.

He had won against Luis Alberto Lopez on 10th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Omega Products International, California.

Activity check

Villa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 51 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.2 rounds on average.

What time did Villa vs Villagrana start?

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

What were the odds on Villa vs Villagrana?

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