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Kudo vs. Kalule: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Masashi Kudo defends his WBA and The Ring super-welterweight titles against Ayub Kalule. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

28
May 18, 1973
23-0
4
12 (52.2%)
173 cm
173 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Jun 20, 1979
4m, 4d
23
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Apr 8, 1976
30-0
0
17 (56.7%)
175 cm
185 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Sep 6, 1979
1m, 18d
30
WBATheRing
sWL
w1
d3
sWL
w1
d3
super-welterweight
Wednesday, 24 Oct 1979
Akita Prefectural Gymnasium, Akita City, Japan
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Masashi Kudo vs. Ayub Kalule

Date

This fight between Masashi Kudo and Ayub Kalule took place on at the Akita Prefectural Gymnasium, Akita City, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 175 cm, Ayub Kalule is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Masashi Kudo is 173 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Kalule also has a significant reach advantage of 12 cms over Kudo's 173 cm. On top of that, Kalule also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Kudo.

Kudo is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 23-0 (12 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez, which he won via 12th round TKO.

Kalule also comes in with an undefeated record of 30-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 18 days ago against David Love, which he won via 10 round PTS.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Kudo will be 28 years and 2 months old. Kalule will be 25 years and 9 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 Ayub Kalule. Here is the prediction for Kudo vs Kalule.

Ayub Kalule is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Masashi Kudo puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Ayub Kalule defeated Masashi Kudo via 15 round UD to win the WBA and The Ring super-welterweight titles. Kudo's undefeated record of 23 wins comes to an end, and Kalule advances his win streak to 31. Kalule is now 31-0, and Kudo 23-1.

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