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Durán vs. Jesús III: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Roberto Durán (Manos de Piedra) and Esteban de Jesús (Vita) put their lightweight belts on the line. Durán brings the WBA and The Ring belts. Jesús brings the WBC belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

26
Feb 23, 1968
62-1
12
51 (81%)
170 cm
168 cm
-2 cm
Orthodox
Sep 17, 1977
4m, 4d
31
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Feb 10, 1969
52-3
6
30 (54.5%)
164 cm
170 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Sep 10, 1977
4m, 11d
7
WBATheRing
LT
w1
d11
LT
w1
d11
WBC
LT
w1
d3
lightweight
Saturday, 21 Jan 1978
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Roberto Durán vs. Esteban de Jesús III

Date

This fight between Roberto Durán and Esteban de Jesús took place on at the Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Roberto Durán is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Esteban de Jesús is 164 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Jesús has longer reach of 170 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Durán's 168 cm. Jesús also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Durán.

Durán is coming in to this fight with a record of 62-1 (51 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Edwin Viruet, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

Jesús comes in with a record of 52-3 (30 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against James Brackett, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Durán will be 26 years and 7 months old. Jesús will be 26 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 64-36 in favor of Roberto Durán. Here is the prediction for Durán vs Jesús III.

Roberto Durán is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Esteban de Jesús puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Roberto Durán defeated Esteban de Jesús via 12th round TKO. Jesús' 7 fight win streak comes to an end, and Durán advances his win streak to 32. Durán is now 63-1, and Jesús 52-4.

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