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

Roberto Durán (Manos de Piedra) and Carlos Palomino are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

28
Feb 23, 1968
67-1
389
54 (79.4%)
170 cm
168 cm
-2 cm
Orthodox
Apr 8, 1979
75 days
36
Age
Debut
Record
Rounds
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Lay Off
Win Streak
29
Sep 14, 1972
27-2-3
260
15 (46.9%)
177 cm
181 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Jan 14, 1979
159 days
-1
WBAWBCTheRing
LT
w1
d12
LT
w1
d0
LT
w1
d12
WBCTheRing
WL
w1
d7
WL
w1
d7
Friday, 22 Jun 1979
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Durán vs. Palomino

Date

This fight between Roberto Durán and Carlos Palomino took place on 22 June, 1979 at the Madison Square Garden, New York.

Tale of the Tape

At 177 cm, Carlos Palomino is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Roberto Durán is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 181 cm, Palomino also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Durán's 168 cm. On top of that, Palomino also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Durán.

Durán is coming in to this fight with a record of 67-1 (54 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 14 days ago against Jimmy Heair, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Palomino comes in with a record of 27-2-3 (15 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 8 days ago against Wilfred Benitez, which he lost via 15 round split-decision.

Wilfred Benitez' boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Durán will be 28 years old. Palomino will be 29 years and 10 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 52-48 in favor of Roberto Durán. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Durán vs Palomino.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Roberto Durán may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless something crazy happens.

Result

Roberto Durán defeated Carlos Palomino via 10 round UD. Palomino's losing streak continues, and Durán advances his win streak to 37. Durán is now 68-1, and Palomino 27-3-3.

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