Yafai vs Gonzalez

Who won Yafai vs Gonzalez?

Kal Yafai beat Israel Gonzalez by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 24th November 2018 at Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin in Monte Carlo.

The scorecards were announced as 117-111, 116-112, 116-112 in favor of winner Kal Yafai.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This contest was for the WBA super flyweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Denis Lebedev beating Mike Wilson. Also, on the undercard Michael Hunter defeated Alexander Ustinov and Frank Buglioni was defeated by Fanlong Meng.

Yafai vs Gonzalez stats

Back in November 2018, Kal Yafai stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 24 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Israel Gonzalez made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 10 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Yafai had advantage in power over Gonzalez, with a 63% knock out percentage over Gonzalez's 43%.

Kal Yafai was the older man by 7 years, at 29 years old.

Gonzalez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yafai. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Kal Yafai & Israel Gonzalez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Yafai was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Gonzalez, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 49 less professional rounds, 168 to Gonzalez's 217.

Israel Gonzalez was ranked number 14 by the WBA in the 115lb division.

Yafai vs Gonzalez form

Yafai had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated David Carmona on 26th May 2018 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Selland Arena, Fresno, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Sho Ishida on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Millennium Stadium, Wales, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beat Suguru Muranaka on 13th May 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, Afghanistan.

Before that, he had won against Luis Concepcion on 10th December 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

He had beat Jozsef Ajtai on 25th June 2016 by technical knockout in the 1st round at The O2 Arena, London.

Activity check

Yafai's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Yafai vs Gonzalez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM UTC at Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin, Monte Carlo, Monaco, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:00 PM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Yafai vs Gonzalez?

Yafai vs Gonzalez was broadcast on Sky Sports Arena in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Yafai vs Gonzalez?

Kal Yafai was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Israel Gonzalez made his way into the ring at 599/50 (+1200) with oddsmakers.