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Laguna vs. Buchanan: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Ismael Laguna (El Tigre Colonense) defends his lightweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts against Ken Buchanan (Fighting Carpenter). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

27
Aug 21, 1960
63-6-1
5
37 (52.9%)
175 cm
173 cm
-2 cm
Orthodox
Jun 6, 1970
3m, 20d
5
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Sep 20, 1965
36-1
0
13 (35.1%)
171 cm
178 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
May 12, 1970
4m, 14d
3
WBAWBCTheRing
LT
w2
d1
LT
w2
d1
LT
w2
d1
lightweight
Saturday, 26 Sep 1970
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Ismael Laguna vs. Ken Buchanan I

Date

This fight between Ismael Laguna and Ken Buchanan took place on at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Tale of the Tape

At 175 cm, Ismael Laguna is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Ken Buchanan is 171 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Buchanan has longer reach of 178 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Laguna's 173 cm. Buchanan also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Laguna.

Laguna is coming in to this fight with a record of 63-6-1 (37 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 20 days ago against Guts Ishimatsu, which he won via 13th round TKO.

Buchanan comes in with a record of 36-1 (13 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 14 days ago against Brian Hudson, which he won via 10 round PTS.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Laguna will be 27 years and 2 months old. Buchanan will be 25 years and 2 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Ismael Laguna. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Laguna vs Buchanan.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Ismael Laguna may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Buchanan stops Laguna early.

Result

Ken Buchanan defeated Ismael Laguna via 15 round SD. Laguna's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Buchanan advances his win streak to 4. Buchanan is now 37-1, and Laguna 63-7-1.

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