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Curry vs. Starling II: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In a unification world title fight, Donald Curry (Lone Star Cobra) defends his welterweight WBA belt against Marlon Starling (Magic Man). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

22
Dec 26, 1980
17-0
2
12 (70.6%)
177 cm
183 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Sep 3, 1983
5m, 1d
17
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
24
Jul 27, 1979
31-1
0
20 (62.5%)
173 cm
185 cm
12 cm
Orthodox
Nov 26, 1983
2m, 9d
6
WBA
WL
w1
d1
welterweight
Saturday, 4 Feb 1984
Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Donald Curry vs. Marlon Starling II

Date

This fight between Donald Curry and Marlon Starling took place on at the Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 177 cm, Donald Curry is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Marlon Starling is 173 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Starling has longer reach of 185 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Curry's 183 cm. Starling also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Curry.

Curry is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 17-0 (12 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 1 day ago against Roger Stafford, which he won via 1st round TKO.

Starling comes in with a record of 31-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 9 days ago against Bob Graddy, which he won via 3rd round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Curry will be 22 years and 4 months old. Starling will be 24 years and 5 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 54-46 in favor of Donald Curry. Here is the prediction for Curry vs Starling II.

Donald Curry is more likely to win, but Marlon Starling could also pull it off. It is going to be competitive, nevertheless.

Result

Donald Curry defeated Marlon Starling via 15 round UD to win the IBF welterweight title and retain the WBA welterweight title. Starling's 6 fight win streak comes to an end, and Curry advances his win streak to 18. Curry is now 18-0, and Starling 31-2.

Fight Recommendations

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  3. Marlon Starling knocks out Lloyd Honeyghan in the 9th round
  4. Marlon Starling vs. Mark Breland II
  5. Mike McCallum knocks out Donald Curry in the 5th round
  6. Marlon Starling defeats Simon Brown via 12-round split decision
  7. Marlon Starling defeats Floyd Mayweather Sr. via 12-round unanimous decision in their 2nd fight