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Cooper vs. Bugner: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Henry Cooper (Our 'Enry) and Joe Bugner (Aussie Joe) are scheduled to meet in a heavyweight bout on at the Empire Pool, London, England. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

36
Sep 14, 1954
40-13-1
1
27 (50%)
187 cm
191 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Nov 10, 1970
4m, 6d
7
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
21
Dec 20, 1967
31-2-1
0
20 (58.8%)
193 cm
210 cm
17 cm
Orthodox
Feb 10, 1971
1m, 6d
0
heavyweight
Tuesday, 16 Mar 1971
Empire Pool, London, England
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Henry Cooper vs. Joe Bugner

Date

This fight between Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner took place on 16 March, 1971 at the Wembley, London.

Tale of the Tape

At 193 cm, Joe Bugner is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Henry Cooper is 187 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 210 cm, Bugner also has a significant reach advantage of 19 cms over Cooper's 191 cm. On top of that, Bugner also has a 13 cm ape index advantage over Cooper.

Cooper is coming in to this fight with a record of 40-13-1 (27 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 6 days ago against Jose Manuel Urtain, which he won via 9th round TKO.

Bugner comes in with a record of 31-2-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 6 days ago against Bill Drover, which ended in a draw.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Cooper will be 36 years and 10 months old. Bugner will be 21 years 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 73-27 in favor of Joe Bugner. Here is the prediction for Cooper vs Bugner.

Joe Bugner should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Henry Cooper to win this one.

Result

Joe Bugner defeated Henry Cooper via 15 round PTS. Cooper's 7 fight win streak comes to an end, and Bugner gets on a new winning streak. Bugner is now 32-2-1, and Cooper 40-14-1.

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