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Honeyghan vs. Vaca: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Lloyd Honeyghan (Raggamuffin) defends his WBC and The Ring welterweight titles against Jorge Vaca. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

27
Dec 8, 1980
31-0
4
20 (64.5%)
173 cm
175 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Aug 30, 1987
1m, 28d
31
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Feb 10, 1978
41-6-1
0
36 (75%)
179 cm
185 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Aug 21, 1987
2m, 7d
17
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
WL
w1
WL
w1
d3
WL
w1
d3
WL
w1
d3
welterweight
Wednesday, 28 Oct 1987
Grand Hall, London
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Lloyd Honeyghan vs. Jorge Vaca I

Date

This fight between Lloyd Honeyghan and Jorge Vaca took place on at the Grand Hall, London.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Jorge Vaca is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Lloyd Honeyghan is 173 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Vaca also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Honeyghan's 175 cm. On top of that, Vaca also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Honeyghan.

Honeyghan is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 31-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 28 days ago against Gene Hatcher, which he won via 1st round TKO.

Vaca comes in with a record of 41-6-1 (36 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 7 days ago against Saoul Mamby, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Honeyghan will be 27 years and 6 months old. Vaca will be 27 years and 10 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 Jorge Vaca. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Honeyghan vs Vaca.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Jorge Vaca may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Honeyghan stops Vaca early.

Result

Jorge Vaca defeated Lloyd Honeyghan via 8 round TD to win the WBC and The Ring welterweight titles. Honeyghan's undefeated record of 31 wins comes to an end, and Vaca advances his win streak to 18. Vaca is now 42-6-1, and Honeyghan 31-1.

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