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

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

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34
Oct 29, 1960
50-2
17
36 (69.2%)
191 cm
198 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Feb 20, 1976
2m, 10d
9
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Oct 28, 1969
17-4-2
0
5 (21.7%)
188 cm
188 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Feb 20, 1976
2m, 10d
4
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w2
d7
HV
w2
d14
HV
w2
d14
heavyweight
Friday, 30 Apr 1976
Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, U.S.
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Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Young

Date

This fight between Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Young took place on at the Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Muhammad Ali is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Jimmy Young is 188 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Ali also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Young's 188 cm. On top of that, Ali also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Young.

Ali is coming in to this fight with a record of 50-2 (36 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 10 days ago against Jean-Pierre Coopman, which he won via 5th round KO.

Young comes in with a record of 17-4-2 (5 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 10 days ago against Jose Roman, which he won via 10 round PTS.

Jose Roman's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Ali will be 34 years and 3 months old. Young will be 27 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 60-40 in favor of Muhammad Ali. Here is the prediction for Ali vs Young.

Muhammad Ali is likely to win. Unless Jimmy Young puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Muhammad Ali defeated Jimmy Young via 15 round UD. Young's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Ali advances his win streak to 10. Ali is now 51-2, and Young 17-5-2.

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