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In an undisputed world title fight, Emile Griffith defends his middleweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts against Nino Benvenuti (Nino). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
WBA | WBC | TheRing |
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MD w1 d2 | MD w1 d2 | MD w1 d2 |
WL e1 w1 d6 | WL e1 w1 d6 | WL w3 d8 |
WBA | WBC |
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sWL w1 d1 | sWL w1 d1 |
This fight between Emile Griffith and Nino Benvenuti took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
At 180 cm, Nino Benvenuti is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Emile Griffith is 171 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Benvenuti also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Griffith's 183 cm. Griffith has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Benvenuti.
Griffith is coming in to this fight with a record of 52-7 (17 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 25 days ago against Joey Archer, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.
Benvenuti comes in with a record of 71-1 (30 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 14 days ago against Milo Calhoun, which he won via 10 round PTS.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Griffith will be 29 years and 2 months old. Benvenuti will be 28 years and 11 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Nino Benvenuti. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Griffith vs Benvenuti.
Nino Benvenuti defeated Emile Griffith via 15 round UD. Griffith's 7 fight win streak comes to an end, and Benvenuti advances his win streak to 7. Benvenuti is now 72-1, and Griffith 52-8.