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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 |
|---|---|---|
| MD w2 d2 | MD w2 d2 | MD w2 d2 |
| WL e1 w1 d6 | WL e1 w1 d6 | WL w3 d8 |
| WBA | WBC | TheRing |
|---|---|---|
| MD w1 | MD w1 | MD w1 |
| 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 54-8 (18 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 18 days ago against Remo Golfarini, which he won via 6th round TKO.
Benvenuti comes in with a record of 73-2 (30 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 14 days ago against Charley Austin, 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 30 years and 1 month old. Benvenuti will be 29 years and 10 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 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 III.
Nino Benvenuti defeated Emile Griffith via 15 round UD. Griffith's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Benvenuti advances his win streak to 2. Benvenuti is now 74-2, and Griffith 54-9.