Yaegashi vs Mendoza

Who won Yaegashi vs Mendoza?

Akira Yaegashi beat Javier Mendoza by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Tuesday, December 29th, 2015, at Ariake Colosseum, Japan.

The scorecards were announced as 120-107, 117-111, 119-109 in favor of winner Akira Yaegashi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds .

This contest was for the IBF championship of the world.

Yaegashi vs Mendoza stats

Back in December 2015, Akira Yaegashi stepped into the ring with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses, and 0  draws, 12 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Javier Mendoza made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 19 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Mendoza had a large advantage in power over Yaegashi, boasting a 79% knockout percentage compared to Yaegashi's 55%.

Akira Yaegashi was the older man by 8 years, at 33 years old.

Mendoza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yaegashi. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Akira Yaegashi fought out of the orthodox stance, while Javier Mendoza was a southpaw.

Yaegashi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2005, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Mendoza, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 153 more professional rounds, totaling 255 compared to Mendoza's 102.

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Yaegashi's last 3 fights had come over a period of 11 months and 29 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Yaegashi vs Mendoza?

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