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Larry Holmes (The Easton Assassin) defends his WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles against Tim Witherspoon (Terrible). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBC | TheRing |
|---|---|
| HV w1 d14 | HV w1 d6 |
This fight between Larry Holmes and Tim Witherspoon took place on at the Dunes, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
At 192 cm, Tim Witherspoon is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Larry Holmes is 191 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Holmes has a nice longer reach of 206 cm, which is 8 cms longer than Witherspoon's 198 cm. Holmes also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Witherspoon.
Holmes is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 42-0 (30 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 23 days ago against Lucien Rodriguez, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Witherspoon also comes in with an undefeated record of 15-0 (11 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 15 days ago against Renaldo Snipes, which he won via 10 round majority decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Holmes will be 33 years and 6 months old. Witherspoon will be 25 years and 4 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 53-47 in favor of Larry Holmes. Here is the prediction for Holmes vs Witherspoon.
Larry Holmes defeated Tim Witherspoon via 12 round SD to retain the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles. Witherspoon's undefeated record of 15 wins comes to an end, and Holmes advances his win streak to 43. Holmes is now 43-0, and Witherspoon 15-1.