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Larry Holmes (The Easton Assassin) defends his WBC heavyweight title against Ossie Ocasio (Jaws). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Larry Holmes and Ossie Ocasio took place on at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, Nevada, US.
At 191 cm, Larry Holmes is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Ossie Ocasio is 182 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Holmes also has a significant reach advantage of 18 cms over Ocasio's 188 cm. On top of that, Holmes also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Ocasio.
Holmes is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 29-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 13 days ago against Alfredo Evangelista, which he won via 7th round KO.
Ocasio also comes in with an undefeated record of 13-0 (9 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 24 days ago against Jimmy Young, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Holmes will be 29 years and 4 months old. Ocasio will be 23 years and 7 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Larry Holmes. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Holmes vs Ocasio.
Larry Holmes defeated Ossie Ocasio via 7th round TKO to retain the WBC heavyweight title. Ocasio's undefeated record of 13 wins comes to an end, and Holmes advances his win streak to 30. Holmes is now 30-0, and Ocasio 13-1.