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Graciano Rocchigiani (Rocky) defends his IBF super-middleweight title against Thulani Malinga (Sugar Boy). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Graciano Rocchigiani and Thulani Malinga took place on at the Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, West Germany.
At 185 cm, Graciano Rocchigiani is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Thulani Malinga is 177 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 189 cm, Rocchigiani also has a significant reach advantage of 12 cms over Malinga's 177 cm. On top of that, Rocchigiani also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Malinga.
Rocchigiani is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 26-0 (13 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 20 days ago against Chris Reid, which he won via 11th round TKO.
Malinga comes in with a record of 25-3 (12 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 9 days ago against Larry Musgrove, which he won via 10 round split decision.
Graciano Rocchigiani fights out of the southpaw stance, while Thulani Malinga fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Rocchigiani will be 25 years old. Malinga will be 33 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 Graciano Rocchigiani. Here is the prediction for Rocchigiani vs Malinga.
Graciano Rocchigiani defeated Thulani Malinga via 12 round UD to retain the IBF super-middleweight title. Malinga's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Rocchigiani advances his win streak to 27. Rocchigiani is now 27-0, and Malinga 25-4.