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Tim Witherspoon (Terrible) defends his WBA heavyweight title against James Smith (Bonecrusher). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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HV w1 d1 | HV w1 |
This fight between Tim Witherspoon and James Smith took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
At 193 cm, James Smith is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Tim Witherspoon is 192 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 208 cm, Smith also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Witherspoon's 198 cm. On top of that, Smith also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Witherspoon.
Witherspoon is coming in to this fight with a record of 25-2 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 23 days ago against Frank Bruno, which he won via 11th round TKO.
Smith comes in with a record of 18-5 (13 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 19 days ago against David Bey, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Witherspoon will be 28 years and 11 months old. Smith will be 33 years and 8 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 Witherspoon vs Smith II.
James Smith defeated Tim Witherspoon via 1st round KO to win the WBA heavyweight title. Witherspoon's 7 fight win streak comes to an end, and Smith advances his win streak to 4. Smith is now 19-5, and Witherspoon 25-3.