Ali vs. Frazier: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Joe Frazier (Smokin' Joe Frazier) defends his heavyweight WBA and WBC belts against Muhammad Ali (The Greatest). The winner also wins the vacant The Ring title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
29
Oct 29, 1960
31-0
10
25 (80.6%)
191 cm
198 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Dec 7, 1970
3m, 1d
31
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Aug 16, 1965
26-0
2
23 (88.5%)
182 cm
185 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Nov 18, 1970
3m, 18d
26
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d9
HV
w1
d9
WBAWBC
HV
w1
d1
HV
w1
d1
heavyweight
Monday, 8 Mar 1971
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Date

This fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Muhammad Ali is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Joe Frazier is 182 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Ali also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Frazier's 185 cm. On top of that, Ali also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Frazier.

Ali is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 31-0 (25 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 1 day ago against Oscar Bonavena, which he won via 15th round TKO.

Oscar Bonavena's boxing career

Frazier also comes in with an undefeated record of 26-0 (23 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 18 days ago against Bob Foster, which he won via 2nd round KO.

Bob Foster's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Ali will be 29 years and 1 month old. Frazier will be 27 years and 1 month 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 55-45 in favor of Joe Frazier. Here is the prediction for Ali vs Frazier.

The chances of Joe Frazier winning is higher, but Muhammad Ali cannot be counted out. Ali could make it competitive, maybe even win.

Result

Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali via 15 round UD to win the vacant The Ring heavyweight title and retain the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. Ali's undefeated record of 31 wins comes to an end, and Frazier advances his win streak to 27. Frazier is now 27-0, and Ali 31-1.

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