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Monzón vs. Griffith II: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Carlos Monzón (Escopeta) defends his middleweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts against Emile Griffith. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

30
Feb 6, 1963
79-3-9
7
55 (60.4%)
182 cm
193 cm
11 cm
Orthodox
May 5, 1973
28d
23
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
35
Jun 2, 1958
76-13-1
21
20 (22.2%)
171 cm
183 cm
12 cm
Orthodox
Mar 12, 1973
2m, 21d
0
WBAWBCTheRing
MD
w1
d6
MD
w1
d6
MD
w1
d6
WBAWBCTheRing
MD
w2
d2
MD
w2
d2
MD
w2
d2
WL
e1
w1
d6
WL
e1
w1
d6
WL
w3
d8
middleweight
Saturday, 2 Jun 1973
Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, Monaco
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Carlos Monzón vs. Emile Griffith II

Date

This fight between Carlos Monzón and Emile Griffith took place on at the Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Tale of the Tape

At 182 cm, Carlos Monzón is the taller of the two by 11 cms; Emile Griffith is 171 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 193 cm, Monzón also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Griffith's 183 cm. Griffith has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Monzón.

Monzón is coming in to this fight with a record of 79-3-9 (55 KOs). His last fight was 28 days ago against Roy Dale, which he won via 5th round KO.

Griffith comes in with a record of 76-13-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 21 days ago against Nessim Max Cohen, which ended in a draw.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Monzón will be 30 years and 9 months old. Griffith will be 35 years and 3 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 68-32 in favor of Carlos Monzón. Here is the prediction for Monzón vs Griffith II.

Carlos Monzón should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Emile Griffith to win this one.

Result

Carlos Monzón defeated Emile Griffith via 15 round UD to retain the WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles. Griffith's 0 fight win streak comes to an end, and Monzón advances his win streak to 24. Monzón is now 80-3-9, and Griffith 76-14-1.

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