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Larry Holmes (The Easton Assassin) defends his WBC heavyweight title against Leroy Jones. 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 Leroy Jones took place on at the Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
At 196 cm, Leroy Jones is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Larry Holmes is 191 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Holmes has longer reach of 206 cm, which is 3 cms longer than Jones' 203 cm. Holmes also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Jones.
Holmes is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 33-0 (24 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 28 days ago against Lorenzo Zanon, which he won via 6th round KO.
Jones also comes in with an undefeated record of 24-0-1 (12 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 17 days ago against James J Beattie, which he won via 4th round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Holmes will be 30 years and 4 months old. Jones will be 30 years and 1 month old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 68-32 in favor of Larry Holmes. Here is the prediction for Holmes vs Jones.
Larry Holmes defeated Leroy Jones via 8th round TKO to retain the WBC heavyweight title. Jones' undefeated record comes to an end, and Holmes advances his win streak to 34. Holmes is now 34-0, and Jones 24-1-1.