Palomino vs. Benítez: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Carlos Palomino defends his WBC and The Ring welterweight titles against Wilfred Benítez (El Radar). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

29
Sep 14, 1972
27-1-3
245
15 (48.4%)
177 cm
181 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
May 27, 1978
232 days
10
Age
Debut
Record
Rounds
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Lay Off
Win Streak
20
Nov 22, 1973
36-0-1
230
25 (67.6%)
178 cm
178 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 8, 1978
37 days
8
WBCTheRing
WL
w1
d7
WL
w1
d7
WBATheRing
sLT
w1
d2
sLT
w1
d2
welterweight
Sunday, 14 Jan 1979
Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States, United States
v0.1.5-beta 2023-06-09
Palomino vs. Benítez

Date

This fight between Carlos Palomino and Wilfred Benítez took place on at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States, United States.

Tale of the Tape

At 178 cm, Wilfred Benítez is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Carlos Palomino is 177 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Palomino has longer reach of 181 cm, which is 3 cms longer than Benítez' 178 cm. Palomino also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Benítez.

Palomino is coming in to this fight with a record of 27-1-3 (15 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 18 days ago against Armando Muniz, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

Benítez comes in with an undefeated record of 36-0-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 6 days ago against Vernon Lewis, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Palomino will be 29 years and 5 months old. Benítez will be 20 years and 4 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 a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for Palomino vs Benítez.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe Carlos Palomino wins?

Result

Wilfred Benítez defeated Carlos Palomino via 15 round SD. Palomino's 10 fight win streak comes to an end, and Benítez advances his win streak to 9. Benítez is now 37-0-1, and Palomino 27-2-3.

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