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Foreman vs. Roman: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, George Foreman (Big George) defends his heavyweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts against Jose Roman (King). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

24
Jun 23, 1969
38-0
1
35 (92.1%)
191 cm
199 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Jan 22, 1973
7m, 10d
38
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Jun 20, 1966
43-7-1
0
21 (41.2%)
178 cm
180 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Jun 28, 1973
2m, 4d
6
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w1
HV
w1
HV
w1
heavyweight
Saturday, 1 Sep 1973
Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
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George Foreman vs. Jose Roman

Date

This fight between George Foreman and Jose Roman took place on at the Nihon Budokan, Tokyo.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, George Foreman is the taller of the two by 13 cms; Jose Roman is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 199 cm, Foreman also has a significant reach advantage of 19 cms over Roman's 180 cm. On top of that, Foreman also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Roman.

Foreman is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 38-0 (35 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 10 days ago against Joe Frazier, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Joe Frazier's boxing career

Roman comes in with a record of 43-7-1 (21 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 4 days ago against Clyde Brown, which he won via 3rd round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Foreman will be 24 years and 7 months old. Roman will be 26 years and 8 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 61-39 in favor of George Foreman. Here is the prediction for Foreman vs Roman.

George Foreman is likely to win. Unless Jose Roman puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

George Foreman defeated Jose Roman via 1st round KO to retain the WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles. Roman's 6 fight win streak comes to an end, and Foreman advances his win streak to 39. Foreman is now 39-0, and Roman 43-8-1.

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