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Argüello vs. Mancini: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Alexis Argüello (El Flaco Explosivo) defends his WBC and The Ring lightweight titles against Ray Mancini (Boom Boom). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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29
Oct 26, 1968
67-5
16
54 (75%)
178 cm
183 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Jun 20, 1981
3m, 13d
11
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
20
Oct 18, 1979
20-0
0
15 (75%)
164 cm
165 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Jul 19, 1981
2m, 14d
20
WBAWBCTheRing
LT
w1
LT
w1
sFT
w1
d8
FT
w1
d4
FT
w1
d2
lightweight
Saturday, 3 Oct 1981
Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Alexis Argüello vs. Ray Mancini

Date

This fight between Alexis Argüello and Ray Mancini took place on at the Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 178 cm, Alexis Argüello is the taller of the two by 14 cms; Ray Mancini is 164 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 183 cm, Argüello also has a significant reach advantage of 18 cms over Mancini's 165 cm. On top of that, Argüello also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Mancini.

Argüello is coming in to this fight with a record of 67-5 (54 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 13 days ago against Jim Watt, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

Jim Watt's boxing career

Mancini comes in with an undefeated record of 20-0 (15 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 14 days ago against José Luis Ramírez, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

José Luis Ramírez' boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Argüello will be 29 years and 5 months old. Mancini will be 20 years and 6 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 52-48 in favor of Alexis Argüello. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Argüello vs Mancini.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Alexis Argüello may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Mancini stops Argüello early.

Result

Alexis Argüello defeated Ray Mancini via 14th round TKO to retain the WBC and The Ring lightweight titles. Mancini's undefeated record of 20 wins comes to an end, and Argüello advances his win streak to 12. Argüello is now 68-5, and Mancini 20-1.

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