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Ali vs. Holmes: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Muhammad Ali (The Greatest) challenges Larry Holmes' (The Easton Assassin) WBC heavyweight belt. The winner also wins the vacant Ring Magazine heavyweight belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
38
Oct 29, 1960
56-3
24
37 (62.7%)
191 cm
198 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Sep 15, 1978
2y, 17d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Mar 21, 1973
35-0
8
26 (74.3%)
191 cm
206 cm
15 cm
Orthodox
Jul 7, 1980
2m, 25d
35
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w3
d12
HV
w2
d19
HV
w3
d19
WBC
HV
w1
d7
heavyweight
Thursday, 2 Oct 1980
Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Muhammad Ali vs. Larry Holmes

Date

This fight between Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes took place on at the Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Holmes has a nice longer reach of 206 cm, which is 8 cms longer than Ali's 198 cm. Holmes also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Ali.

Ali is coming in to this fight with a record of 56-3 (37 KOs). His last fight was 2 years and 17 days ago against Leon Spinks, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

Leon Spinks' boxing career

Holmes comes in with an undefeated record of 35-0 (26 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 25 days ago against Scott LeDoux, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Ali will be 38 years and 8 months old. Holmes will be 30 years and 10 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 77-23 in favor of Larry Holmes. Here is the prediction for Ali vs Holmes.

Larry Holmes should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Muhammad Ali to win this one.

Result

Larry Holmes defeated Muhammad Ali via 10th round RTD to win the vacant The Ring heavyweight title and retain the WBC heavyweight title. Ali's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Holmes advances his win streak to 36. Holmes is now 36-0, and Ali 56-4.

Fight Recommendations

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  5. Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the 8th round
  6. Muhammad Ali knocks out Cleveland Williams in the 3rd round
  7. Muhammad Ali knocks out Henry Cooper in the 6th round in their 2nd fight