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Hagler vs. Obelmejias: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Marvelous Marvin Hagler defends his middleweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts against Fulgencio Obelmejias (Fully Obel). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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26
May 18, 1973
50-2-2
2
41 (75.9%)
177 cm
191 cm
14 cm
Switcher
Sep 27, 1980
3m, 21d
4
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Jan 30, 1977
30-0
0
27 (90%)
184 cm
183 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Nov 28, 1980
1m, 20d
30
WBAWBCTheRing
MD
w1
MD
w1
MD
w1
middleweight
Saturday, 17 Jan 1981
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler vs. Fulgencio Obelmejias I

Date

This fight between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Fulgencio Obelmejias took place on at the Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 184 cm, Fulgencio Obelmejias is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Marvelous Marvin Hagler is 177 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Hagler has a nice longer reach of 191 cm, which is 8 cms longer than Obelmejias' 183 cm. Hagler also has a 15 cm ape index advantage over Obelmejias.

Hagler is coming in to this fight with a record of 50-2-2 (41 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 21 days ago against Alan Minter, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Alan Minter's boxing career

Obelmejias comes in with an undefeated record of 30-0 (27 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 20 days ago against James Waire, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Fulgencio Obelmejias fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Hagler will be 26 years and 7 months old. Obelmejias will be 28 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 53-47 in favor of Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Here is the prediction for Hagler vs Obelmejias.

A close matchup. Marvelous Marvin Hagler may have a better chance at winning this fight, but Fulgencio Obelmejias could win too.

Result

Marvelous Marvin Hagler defeated Fulgencio Obelmejias via 8th round TKO. Obelmejias' undefeated record of 30 wins comes to an end, and Hagler advances his win streak to 5. Hagler is now 51-2-2, and Obelmejias 30-1.

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