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Thomas Hearns (The Hitman) defends his WBC middleweight title against Iran Barkley (The Blade). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Thomas Hearns and Iran Barkley took place on at the Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
At 185 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Hearns has a significantly longer reach of 198 cm, which is 10 cms longer than Barkley's 188 cm. Hearns also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Barkley.
Hearns is coming in to this fight with a record of 45-2 (38 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 8 days ago against Juan Roldán, which he won via 4th round KO.
Barkley comes in with a record of 24-4 (15 KOs). His last fight was 3 months ago against Michael Olajide, which he won via 5th round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Hearns will be 29 years and 7 months old. Barkley will be 28 years and 1 month old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 62-38 in favor of Thomas Hearns. Here is the prediction for Hearns vs Barkley.
Iran Barkley defeated Thomas Hearns via 3rd round TKO to win the WBC middleweight title. Hearns' 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Barkley advances his win streak to 3. Barkley is now 25-4, and Hearns 45-3.