Viloria vs Cartagena

Who won Viloria vs Cartagena?

Brian Viloria beat Miguel Cartagena by knockout in the 5th round on Saturday, September 9th, 2017, at StubHub Center, Carson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

Viloria vs Cartagena stats

Back in September 2017, Brian Viloria stepped into the ring with a record of 37 wins, 5 losses, and 0 draws.

Miguel Cartagena made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw.

Brian Viloria was the older man by 12 years, at 37 years old.

Both Brian Viloria and Miguel Cartagena fought out of an orthodox stance.

Viloria was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 9 years and 10 months earlier than Cartagena, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 236 more professional rounds, totaling 345 compared to Cartagena's 109.

Viloria vs Cartagena form

Viloria had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez on October 17, 2015, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBC World Flyweight and The Ring Flyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Omar Soto on July 25, 2015, by knockout in the 1st round at Florentine Gardens, Hollywood.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Armando Vazquez on December 6, 2014, by knockout in the 4th round at Civic Auditorium, Glendale.

Before that, he had won against Jose Alfredo Zuniga on July 19, 2014, by knockout in the 5th round at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

He had beaten Juan Carlos Herrera on March 29, 2014, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas, United States.

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Viloria's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 11 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 29 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.8 rounds on average.

What time did Viloria vs Cartagena start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 5:00 PM EST / 2:00 PM PST at StubHub Center, Carson, United States, which was around 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Viloria vs Cartagena?

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