Lorenzo Villanueva vs. Eddy Comaro

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Lorenzo Villanueva 127 lbs beat Eddy Comaro 126 lbs by KO at 1:02 in round 1 of 10

Notes

Villanueva (R) looks over his work, as he drops Comaro for the full ten-count in Round 1.
  • Lorenzo Villanueva 20-0 (19 KOs) vs. Eddy Comaro 24-10-4 (9 KOs)
  • Villanueva enters ranked as the WBO # 7 featherweight contender and the WBC # 12 super bantamweight contender. He is coming off a fifth-round knockout victory of Indonesian James Mokoginta more than 3 months ago, while Comaro is coming off a sixth-round technical knockout of fellow Indonesian Ray Rahardjo 5 months ago.
  • Villanueva is 1-0 (1 KO) against Indonesian fighters and 4-0 (4 KOs) against non-Filipino fighters coming into the fight. Villanueva also has 4 straight knockout victories coming into the fight since the only time he went the full-distance about 2 years ago.
  • Comaro is 0-1 against Filipino fighters and when fighting in the Philippines, and 0-7 when fighting outside his native Indonesia coming into the fight. Comaro has lost 2 of his last 4 fights, both by knockout.
  • The first time Comaro fought a Filipino fighter, as well as the first time he fought in the Philippines, he battled Jason Pagara to a very close ten-round majority decision loss.

Bout Summary

  • Villanueva came out firing, as always. A series of left hooks to the head and body dropped Comaro within the first minute of the fight for the full ten-count.
  • With the win, Villanueva remains undefeated, raising his record to 21-0 (20 KOs). He also gets his fifth-straight knockout victory. With the fight ending at 1:02 of the very first round, this becomes the earliest knockout loss to date for Comaro, and his third loss by knockout in his last 4 fights.
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