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

Muhammad Ali (The Greatest) and Jimmy Ellis are scheduled to meet in a heavyweight bout on at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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29
Oct 29, 1960
31-1
11
25 (78.1%)
191 cm
198 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Mar 8, 1971
4m, 18d
-1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
31
Apr 19, 1961
30-6
3
14 (38.9%)
183 cm
193 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
May 10, 1971
2m, 16d
3
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d9
HV
w1
d9
WBA
HV
w1
d1
heavyweight
Monday, 26 Jul 1971
Astrodome, Houston, Texas, U.S.
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Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Ellis

Date

This fight between Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Ellis took place on 26 July, 1971 at the Astrodome, Houston, Texas, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Muhammad Ali is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Jimmy Ellis is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Ali also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Ellis' 193 cm. Ellis has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Ali.

Ali is coming in to this fight with a record of 31-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 18 days ago against Joe Frazier, which he lost via 15 round unanimous decision.

Joe Frazier's boxing career

Ellis comes in with a record of 30-6 (14 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 16 days ago against George Chuvalo, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

George Chuvalo's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Ali will be 29 years and 6 months old. Ellis will be 31 years and 5 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 69-31 in favor of Muhammad Ali. Here is the prediction for Ali vs Ellis.

Muhammad Ali should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Jimmy Ellis to win this one.

Result

Muhammad Ali defeated Jimmy Ellis via 12th round TKO. Ellis' 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Ali gets on a new winning streak. Ali is now 32-1, and Ellis 30-7.

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