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

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

vs
35
Oct 29, 1960
53-2
20
37 (67.3%)
191 cm
198 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Sep 28, 1976
7m, 18d
12
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
22
Oct 10, 1975
14-1-1
0
11 (68.8%)
185 cm
185 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Feb 4, 1977
3m, 12d
-1
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w2
d10
HV
w2
d17
HV
w2
d17
heavyweight
Monday, 16 May 1977
Capitol Centre, Landover, Maryland
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Date

This fight between Muhammad Ali and Alfredo Evangelista took place on at the Capitol Centre, Landover, Maryland.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Muhammad Ali is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Alfredo Evangelista is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Ali also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Evangelista's 185 cm. On top of that, Ali also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Evangelista.

Ali is coming in to this fight with a record of 53-2 (37 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 18 days ago against Ken Norton, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

Ken Norton's boxing career

Evangelista comes in with a record of 14-1-1 (11 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 12 days ago against Lorenzo Zanon, which he lost via 8 round PTS.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Ali will be 35 years and 3 months old. Evangelista will be 22 years and 5 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 67-33 in favor of Muhammad Ali. Here is the prediction for Ali vs Evangelista.

Muhammad Ali is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Alfredo Evangelista to win this one.

Result

Muhammad Ali defeated Alfredo Evangelista via 15 round UD. Evangelista's losing streak continues, and Ali advances his win streak to 13. Ali is now 54-2, and Evangelista 14-2-1.

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