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León vs. Holyfield: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Carlos De León (Sugar) and Evander Holyfield (The Real Deal) put their cruiserweight belts on the line. León brings the WBC belt. Holyfield brings the WBA and IBF belts. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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28
Aug 3, 1974
44-4
13
29 (60.4%)
183 cm
183 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Jan 22, 1988
2m, 18d
5
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Nov 15, 1984
17-0
5
13 (76.5%)
189 cm
197 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Dec 5, 1987
4m, 4d
17
WBCTheRing
CR
w3
d8
CR
e1
w1
d4
WBAIBF
CR
w1
d4
CR
w1
d2
cruiserweight
Saturday, 9 Apr 1988
Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Carlos De León vs. Evander Holyfield

Date

This fight between Carlos De León and Evander Holyfield took place on at the Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 189 cm, Evander Holyfield is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Carlos De León is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 197 cm, Holyfield also has a significant reach advantage of 14 cms over León's 183 cm. On top of that, Holyfield also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over León.

León is coming in to this fight with a record of 44-4 (29 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 18 days ago against Jose Maria Flores Burlon, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Holyfield comes in with an undefeated record of 17-0 (13 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Dwight Muhammad Qawi, which he won via 4th round KO.

Dwight Muhammad Qawi's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, León will be 28 years and 11 months old. Holyfield will be 25 years and 5 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 64-36 in favor of Evander Holyfield. Here is the prediction for León vs Holyfield.

Evander Holyfield is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Carlos De León puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Evander Holyfield defeated Carlos De León via 8th round TKO. León's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Holyfield advances his win streak to 18. Holyfield is now 18-0, and León 44-5.

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