Walters vs Marriaga

Who won Walters vs Marriaga?

Nicholas Walters beat Miguel Marriaga by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, June 13th, 2015, at Madison Square Garden, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 118-109, 117-110, 119-108 in favor of winner Nicholas Walters.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This contest was for the vacant WBA featherweight championship of the world.

Walters vs Marriaga stats

Back in June 2015, Nicholas Walters stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero losses, and 0  draws, 21 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Miguel Marriaga made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 20 wins and 0 draws, with 18 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Marriaga had a slight advantage in power over Walters, with a 90% knockout percentage compared to Walters' 84%.

Nicholas Walters was the same age as Miguel Marriaga, at 29 years old.

Marriaga had a height advantage of 1 inch over Walters. Despite this, he had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Both Nicholas Walters and Miguel Marriaga fought out of an orthodox stance.

Walters' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Marriaga's, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 10 months earlier than Marriaga, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 58 fewer professional rounds, totaling 164 compared to Marriaga's 222.

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Walters' last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 4 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

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