Zayas vs Flores

Who won Zayas vs Flores?

Xander Zayas beat Alexis Salazar by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday, December 10th, 2022, at Madison Square Garden, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 79-73, 80-72, 79-73 in favor of winner Xander Zayas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 kg).

This eliminator appeared on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez beating Sandor Martin for the WBC World Super Lightweight championship. Also on the undercard Keyshawn Davis defeated Juan Carlos Burgos, and Jared Anderson was victorious over Jerry Forrest.

Zayas vs Flores stats

Back in December 2022, Xander Zayas stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Alexis Salazar made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws.

Xander Zayas was the younger man by 7 years, at 20 years old.

Salazar had a height advantage of 1 inch over Zayas. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Xander Zayas and Alexis Salazar fought out of an orthodox stance.

Zayas was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 6 years and 10 months later than Salazar, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 80 fewer professional rounds, totaling 91 compared to Salazar's 171.

Xander Zayas went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBA, and 10 by the WBO at super welterweight.

Zayas vs Flores form

Zayas remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Elias Espadas on August 13, 2022, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Resorts World Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Quincy LaVallais on March 19, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alessio Mastronunzio on December 16, 2021, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had won against Dan Karpency on October 23, 2021, by technical knockout in the 4th round at State Farm Arena, Georgia.

He had beaten Jose Luis Sanchez on September 12, 2021, by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at Casino Del Sol, Tucson.

Activity check

Zayas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 2 months and 28 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

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