Muhammad Ali (The Greatest) defends his WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles against Henry Cooper (Our 'Enry). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
WBA | WBC | TheRing |
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HV w1 | HV w1 d3 | HV w1 d3 |
This fight between Muhammad Ali and Henry Cooper took place on at the Arsenal Stadium, London, England.
At 191 cm, Muhammad Ali is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Henry Cooper is 187 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Ali also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Cooper's 191 cm. On top of that, Ali also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Cooper.
Ali is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 23-0 (18 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 22 days ago against George Chuvalo, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.
Cooper comes in with a record of 33-11-1 (23 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 5 days ago against Jefferson Davis, which he won via 1st round KO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Ali will be 24 years and 4 months old. Cooper will be 32 years old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 73-27 in favor of Muhammad Ali. Here is the prediction for Ali vs Cooper II.
Muhammad Ali defeated Henry Cooper via 6th round TKO. Cooper's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Ali advances his win streak to 24. Ali is now 24-0, and Cooper 33-12-1.