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Larry Holmes (The Easton Assassin) defends his IBF and The Ring heavyweight titles against Carl Williams (The Truth). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
WBC | IBF | TheRing |
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HV w1 d16 | HV e1 d2 | HV w1 d11 |
This fight between Larry Holmes and Carl Williams took place on at the Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S.
At 193 cm, Carl Williams is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Larry Holmes is 191 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 216 cm, Williams also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Holmes' 206 cm. On top of that, Williams also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Holmes.
Holmes is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 47-0 (34 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 5 days ago against David Bey, which he won via 10th round TKO.
Williams also comes in with an undefeated record of 16-0 (12 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 27 days ago against James Tillis, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Holmes will be 35 years and 6 months old. Williams will be 25 years and 6 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for Holmes vs Williams.
Larry Holmes defeated Carl Williams via 15 round UD. Williams' undefeated record of 16 wins comes to an end, and Holmes advances his win streak to 48. Holmes is now 48-0, and Williams 16-1.