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Larry Holmes (The Easton Assassin) defends his IBF and The Ring heavyweight titles against James Smith (Bonecrusher). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
WBC | TheRing |
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HV w1 d16 | HV w1 d9 |
This fight between Larry Holmes and James Smith took place on at the Riviera, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
At 193 cm, James Smith is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Larry Holmes is 191 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 208 cm, Smith also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Holmes' 206 cm. They have the same ape index of 15 cm.
Holmes is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 45-0 (32 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 15 days ago against Marvis Frazier, which he won via 1st round TKO.
Smith comes in with a record of 14-1 (12 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 27 days ago against Frank Bruno, which he won via 10th round KO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Holmes will be 35 years old. Smith will be 31 years and 7 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Larry Holmes. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Holmes vs Smith.
Larry Holmes defeated James Smith via 12th round TKO. Smith's 14 fight win streak comes to an end, and Holmes advances his win streak to 46. Holmes is now 46-0, and Smith 14-2.