Viloria vs Cartagena

Who won Viloria vs Cartagena?

Brian Viloria beat Miguel Cartagena by knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 9th September 2017 at StubHub Center in 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 loses and 0 draws.

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

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

Both Brian Viloria & 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, 345 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 17th October 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.

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

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

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

He had beat Juan Carlos Herrera on 29th March 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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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