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

Roberto Durán (Manos de Piedra) challenges Sugar Ray Leonard's (Sugar) WBC and The Ring welterweight belts. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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29
Feb 23, 1968
71-1
13
56 (77.8%)
170 cm
168 cm
-2 cm
Orthodox
Feb 24, 1980
3m, 27d
40
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Record
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Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
24
Feb 5, 1977
27-0
2
18 (66.7%)
179 cm
188 cm
9 cm
Orthodox
Mar 31, 1980
2m, 20d
27
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welterweight
Friday, 20 Jun 1980
Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard I

Date

This fight between Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard took place on at the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Sugar Ray Leonard is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Roberto Durán is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Leonard also has a huge reach advantage of 20 cms over Durán's 168 cm. On top of that, Leonard also has a 11 cm ape index advantage over Durán.

Durán is coming in to this fight with a record of 71-1 (56 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 27 days ago against Wellington Wheatley, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Leonard comes in with an undefeated record of 27-0 (18 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 20 days ago against Dave Boy Green, which he won via 4th round KO.

Dave Boy Green's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Durán will be 29 years old. Leonard will be 24 years and 1 month 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 58-42 in favor of Sugar Ray Leonard. Here is the prediction for Durán vs Leonard.

The chances of Sugar Ray Leonard winning this fight is much higher. However, Roberto Durán still cannot be counted out.

Result

Roberto Durán defeated Sugar Ray Leonard via 15 round UD to win the WBC and The Ring welterweight titles. Leonard's undefeated record of 27 wins comes to an end, and Durán advances his win streak to 41. Durán is now 72-1, and Leonard 27-1.

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