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Pedroza vs. McGuigan: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Eusebio Pedroza (El Alacrán) defends his WBA and The Ring featherweight titles against Barry McGuigan (The Clones Cyclone). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

29
Dec 1, 1973
38-3-1
21
24 (57.1%)
173 cm
174 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Feb 2, 1985
4m, 6d
5
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
24
May 10, 1981
26-1
0
23 (85.2%)
168 cm
178 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Mar 26, 1985
2m, 13d
24
WBATheRing
FT
w1
d19
FT
e1
d5
featherweight
Saturday, 8 Jun 1985
Loftus Road Stadium, London, England
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Eusebio Pedroza vs. Barry McGuigan

Date

This fight between Eusebio Pedroza and Barry McGuigan took place on at the Loftus Road Stadium, London, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Eusebio Pedroza is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Barry McGuigan is 168 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, McGuigan has longer reach of 178 cm, which is 4 cms longer than Pedroza's 174 cm. McGuigan also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Pedroza.

Pedroza is coming in to this fight with a record of 38-3-1 (24 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 6 days ago against Jorge Lujan, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.

McGuigan comes in with a record of 26-1 (23 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 13 days ago against Farid Gallouze, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Pedroza will be 29 years and 3 months old. McGuigan will be 24 years and 3 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 52-48 in favor of Barry McGuigan. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Pedroza vs McGuigan.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Barry McGuigan may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Pedroza stops McGuigan early.

Result

Barry McGuigan defeated Eusebio Pedroza via 15 round UD to win the WBA and The Ring featherweight titles. Pedroza's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and McGuigan advances his win streak to 25. McGuigan is now 27-1, and Pedroza 38-4-1.

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