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

George Foreman (Big George) and Jimmy Young are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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28
Jun 23, 1969
45-1
4
42 (91.3%)
191 cm
199 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Jan 22, 1977
1m, 23d
5
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28
Oct 28, 1969
20-5-2
1
7 (25.9%)
188 cm
188 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Nov 16, 1976
4m, 1d
3
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Thursday, 17 Mar 1977
Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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George Foreman vs. Jimmy Young

Date

This fight between George Foreman and Jimmy Young took place on 17 March, 1977 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, George Foreman is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Jimmy Young is 188 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 199 cm, Foreman also has a significant reach advantage of 11 cms over Young's 188 cm. On top of that, Foreman also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Young.

Foreman is coming in to this fight with a record of 45-1 (42 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 23 days ago against Pedro Agosto, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Young comes in with a record of 20-5-2 (7 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 1 day ago against Ron Lyle, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Ron Lyle's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Foreman will be 28 years and 2 months old. Young will be 28 years and 4 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 Young.

George Foreman 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

Jimmy Young defeated George Foreman via 12 round UD. Foreman's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Young advances his win streak to 4. Young is now 21-5-2, and Foreman 45-2.

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