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Leonard vs. Lalonde: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Sugar Ray Leonard (Sugar) challenges Donny Lalonde's (Golden Boy) WBC super-middleweight belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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32
Feb 5, 1977
34-1
9
24 (68.6%)
179 cm
188 cm
9 cm
Orthodox
Apr 6, 1987
1y, 7m, 1d
7
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Ape Index
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Last Fight
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28
Apr 24, 1980
31-2
2
26 (78.8%)
188 cm
196 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
May 29, 1988
5m, 9d
12
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w1
d1
WL
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d4
WL
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super-middleweight
Monday, 7 Nov 1988
Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Donny Lalonde

Date

This fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Donny Lalonde took place on at the Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 188 cm, Donny Lalonde is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Sugar Ray Leonard is 179 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 196 cm, Lalonde also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Leonard's 188 cm. Leonard has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Lalonde.

Leonard is coming in to this fight with a record of 34-1 (24 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 7 months, and 1 day ago against Marvelous Marvin Hagler, which he won via 12 round split decision.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler's boxing career

Lalonde comes in with a record of 31-2 (26 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 9 days ago against Leslie Stewart, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Leslie Stewart's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Leonard will be 32 years and 5 months old. Lalonde will be 28 years and 7 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 Donny Lalonde. Here is the prediction for Leonard vs Lalonde.

Donny Lalonde is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Sugar Ray Leonard puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Donny Lalonde via 9th round TKO. Lalonde's 12 fight win streak comes to an end, and Leonard advances his win streak to 8. Leonard is now 35-1, and Lalonde 31-3.

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