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Holmes vs. Williams: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

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.

35
Mar 21, 1973
47-0
20
34 (72.3%)
191 cm
206 cm
15 cm
Orthodox
Mar 15, 1985
2m, 5d
47
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Jan 22, 1982
16-0
0
12 (75%)
193 cm
216 cm
23 cm
Orthodox
Oct 23, 1984
6m, 27d
16
WBCIBFTheRing
HV
w1
d16
HV
e1
d2
HV
w1
d11
heavyweight
Monday, 20 May 1985
Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S.
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Larry Holmes vs. Carl Williams

Date

This fight between Larry Holmes and Carl Williams took place on at the Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

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.

James Tillis' boxing career

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.

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 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.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe Carl Williams wins?

Result

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.

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