Nápoles vs. Monzón: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

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

33
Aug 2, 1958
77-5
534
52 (63.4%)
171 cm
183 cm
12 cm
Orthodox
140 days
12
Age
Debut
Record
Rounds
KOs
Height
Reach
apeIndex
Stance
Lay Off
winStreak
31
Feb 6, 1963
81-3-9
706
55 (59.1%)
182 cm
193 cm
11 cm
Orthodox
133 days
25
WBAWBCTheRing
WL
w2
d9
WL
w2
d9
WL
w2
d9
WBAWBCTheRing
MD
w1
d8
MD
w1
d8
MD
w1
d8
middleweight
Saturday, 9 Feb 1974
Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Nápoles vs. Monzón

Date

This fight between José Nápoles and Carlos Monzón took place on at the Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Tale of the Tape

At 182 cm, Carlos Monzón is the taller of the two by 11 cms; José Nápoles 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 Nápoles' 183 cm. Nápoles has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Monzón.

Nápoles is coming in to this fight with a record of 77-5 (52 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 18 days ago against Clyde Gray, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

Monzón comes in with a record of 81-3-9 (55 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Jean-Claude Bouttier, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Nápoles will be 33 years and 9 months old. Monzón will be 31 years and 6 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 51-49 in favor of Carlos Monzón. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Nápoles vs. Monzón.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Carlos Monzón may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless something crazy happens.

Result

Carlos Monzón defeated José Nápoles via 7th round RTD to retain the WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles. Nápoles' 12 fight win streak comes to an end, and Monzón advances his win streak to 26. Monzón is now 82-3-9, and Nápoles 77-6.

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