Muhammad Ali (The Greatest) defends his WBA heavyweight title against Ernie Terrell. 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 d0 | HV w1 d7 | HV w1 d7 |
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This fight between Muhammad Ali and Ernie Terrell took place on at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, U.S.
At 198 cm, Ernie Terrell is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Muhammad Ali is 191 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 208 cm, Terrell also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Ali's 198 cm. On top of that, Terrell also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Ali.
Ali is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 27-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 23 days ago against Cleveland Williams, which he won via 3rd round TKO.
Terrell comes in with a record of 39-4 (18 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 9 days ago against Doug Jones, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Ali will be 25 years old. Terrell will be 27 years and 10 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 75-25 in favor of Muhammad Ali. Here is the prediction for Ali vs. Terrell.
Muhammad Ali defeated Ernie Terrell via 15 round UD. Terrell's 15 fight win streak comes to an end, and Ali advances his win streak to 28. Ali is now 28-0, and Terrell 39-5.