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Larry Holmes (The Easton Assassin) defends his IBF and The Ring heavyweight titles against Michael Spinks (Jinx). 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 d3 | HV w1 d12 |
WBA | WBC | IBF | TheRing |
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lHV w1 d10 | lHV w1 d4 | lHV w1 d2 | lHV w1 d4 |
This fight between Larry Holmes and Michael Spinks took place on at the Riviera, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
At 191 cm, Larry Holmes is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Michael Spinks is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Holmes also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Spinks' 193 cm. On top of that, Holmes also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Spinks.
Holmes is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 48-0 (34 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 1 day ago against Carl Williams, which he won via 15 round unanimous decision.
Spinks also comes in with an undefeated record of 27-0 (19 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 15 days ago against Jim MacDonald, which he won via 8th round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Holmes will be 35 years and 10 months old. Spinks will be 29 years and 1 month 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 Spinks.
Michael Spinks defeated Larry Holmes via 15 round UD. Holmes' undefeated record of 48 wins comes to an end, and Spinks advances his win streak to 28. Spinks is now 28-0, and Holmes 48-1.