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Conteh vs. Muhammad: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

John Conteh challenges Matthew Saad Muhammad's (Miracle Matthew) WBC light-heavyweight belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
28
Oct 18, 1971
33-2-1
5
23 (63.9%)
183 cm
193 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Jun 4, 1979
2m, 14d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Jan 14, 1974
23-3-2
1
16 (57.1%)
180 cm
191 cm
11 cm
Orthodox
Apr 22, 1979
3m, 27d
10
WBC
lHV
w1
d3
WBC
lHV
w1
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 18 Aug 1979
Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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John Conteh vs. Matthew Saad Muhammad I

Date

This fight between John Conteh and Matthew Saad Muhammad took place on at the Resorts International, Atlantic City.

Tale of the Tape

At 183 cm, John Conteh is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Matthew Saad Muhammad is 180 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 193 cm, Conteh also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Muhammad's 191 cm. Muhammad has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Conteh.

Conteh is coming in to this fight with a record of 33-2-1 (23 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 14 days ago against Ivy Brown, which he won via 10 round PTS.

Muhammad comes in with a record of 23-3-2 (16 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 27 days ago against Marvin Johnson, which he won via 8th round TKO.

Marvin Johnson's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Conteh will be 28 years and 2 months old. Muhammad will be 25 years 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 63-37 in favor of Matthew Saad Muhammad. Here is the prediction for Conteh vs Muhammad.

Matthew Saad Muhammad is the likely winner of the fight. Unless John Conteh puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Matthew Saad Muhammad defeated John Conteh via 15 round UD. Conteh's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Muhammad advances his win streak to 11. Muhammad is now 24-3-2, and Conteh 33-3-1.

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