Walters vs Marriaga

Who won Walters vs Marriaga?

Nicholas Walters beat Miguel Marriaga by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 13th June 2015 at Madison Square Garden in 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 loses and 0  draws, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

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

Nicholas Walters was the older man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

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

Both Nicholas Walters & 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 44 less professional rounds, 164 to Marriaga's 208.

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Walters' last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average 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.

What were the odds on Walters vs Marriaga?

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