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Johnson vs. Stewart II: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Marvin Johnson (Pops) defends his WBA light-heavyweight title against Leslie Stewart (Laventille Tiger). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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33
May 22, 1973
43-5
6
35 (72.9%)
179 cm
184 cm
5 cm
Southpaw
Sep 20, 1986
8m, 3d
16
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Jan 29, 1982
23-1
1
15 (62.5%)
187 cm
188 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Mar 20, 1987
2m, 3d
5
WBAWBC
lHV
w2
d1
lHV
w1
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 23 May 1987
National Stadium, Port-of-Spain
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Marvin Johnson vs. Leslie Stewart II

Date

This fight between Marvin Johnson and Leslie Stewart took place on at the National Stadium, Port-of-Spain.

Tale of the Tape

At 187 cm, Leslie Stewart is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Marvin Johnson is 179 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Stewart also has reach advantage of 4 cms over Johnson's 184 cm. Johnson has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Stewart.

Johnson is coming in to this fight with a record of 43-5 (35 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 3 days ago against Jean Marie Emebe, which he won via 13th round TKO.

Stewart comes in with a record of 23-1 (15 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 3 days ago against Bobby Thomas, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Marvin Johnson fights out of the southpaw stance, while Leslie Stewart fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Johnson will be 33 years and 1 month old. Stewart will be 26 years and 2 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 Johnson vs Stewart II.

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

Result

Leslie Stewart defeated Marvin Johnson via 8th round RTD to win the WBA light-heavyweight title. Johnson's 16 fight win streak comes to an end, and Stewart advances his win streak to 6. Stewart is now 24-1, and Johnson 43-6.

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