Who won Segura vs Alvarado?
William Zepeda beat Rene Alvarado by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 14th May 2022 at Toyota Arena in California.
The scorecards were announced as 98-92, 97-93, 96-94 in favor of winner William Zepeda.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).
This fight appeared on the undercard of Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez beating Dominic Boesel. Also, on the undercard John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez defeated Jan Salvatierra.
Segura vs Alvarado stats
Back in May 2022, William Zepeda stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Rene Alvarado made his way to the ring with a record of 32 wins, 11 loses and 0 draws, with 21 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Zepeda had a large advantage in power over Alvarado, boosting at 92% knock out percentage over Alvarado's 66%.
William Zepeda was the younger man by 8 years, at 26 years old.
Zepeda had a height advantage of 2 inches over Alvarado. Despite this, Alvarado had 2-inch reach advantage.
William Zepeda fought out of the southpaw stance, while Rene Alvarado was an orthodox fighter.
Zepeda was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 less fights, and made his debut in 2015, 7 year and 6 months later than Alvarado, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 156 less professional rounds, 135 to Alvarado's 291.
Segura vs Alvarado form
Zepeda remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 5 of his recent opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Yerel Siezar on 19th February 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Plaza Monumental, Baja California, Mexico.
Previous to that, he had defeated John Vincent Moralde on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 4th round at Honda Center, California, United States.
Going into that contest, he had beat Hector Tanajara on 9th July 2021 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Banc of California Stadium, California.
Before that, he had won against Roberto Ramirez on 19th November 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at Wild Card Boxing, California.
He had beat Brayam Rico on 7th March 2020 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Gimnasio Nuevo, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Alvarado had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Lamont Roach on 18th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at AT&T Center, Texas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Roger Gutierrez on 14th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Roger Gutierrez on 2nd January 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Texas.
Before that, he had won against Andrew Cancio on 23rd November 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA World Super Featherweight championship fight at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.
He had defeated Eusebio Osejo on 26th April 2019 by technical decision in their 6 round contest at Nuevo Gimnasio Nicarao, Managua, Nicaragua.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, William Zepeda had been fighting more than Rene Alvarado.
Going to this contest, William Zepeda had last fought 2 months and 25 days ago, while Rene Alvarado's last outing had been 4 months and 26 days ago.
Zepeda's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.
Alvarado's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.
What time did Segura vs Alvarado start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Toyota Arena, California, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Segura vs Alvarado?
Segura vs Alvarado was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.
What were the odds on Segura vs Alvarado?
William Zepeda was a 3/50 (-1700) favourite going into the contest, while Rene Alvarado made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.
