Who won Yafai vs Cartagena?
Galal Yafai beat Miguel Cartagena by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 30th April 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Galal Yafai.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 KG).
This fight appeared on the undercard of Katie Taylor beating Amanda Serrano. Also, on the undercard Jessie Vargas lost to Liam Smith, Franchon Crews Dezurn defeated Elin Cederroos, Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams was victorious over Chordale Booker, Reshat Mati beat Joe Eli Hernandez and Skye Nicolson defeated Shanecqua Paisley Davis.
Yafai vs Cartagena stats
Back in April 2022, Galal Yafai stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 1 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Miguel Cartagena made his way to the ring with a record of 17 wins, 6 loses and 1 draw, with 8 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Yafai had a massive power advantage over Cartagena, boosting at 100% knock out percentage over Cartagena's 47%.
Galal Yafai was the same age as Miguel Cartagena, at 30 years old.
Cartagena had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yafai.
Both Galal Yafai & Miguel Cartagena fought out of an orthodox stance.
Yafai was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 less fights, and made his debut in 2022, 10 year and 11 months later than Cartagena, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 77 less professional rounds, 32 to Cartagena's 109.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Miguel Cartagena had been fighting more than Galal Yafai.
Going to this contest, Galal Yafai had last fought 2 months and 3 days ago, while Miguel Cartagena's last outing had been 4 years, 7 months and 21 days ago.
What time did Yafai vs Cartagena start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States, which was around 12:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Yafai vs Cartagena?
Yafai vs Cartagena was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.
What were the odds on Yafai vs Cartagena?
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