Nunn vs. Kalambay: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Michael Nunn (Second To) defends his IBF middleweight title against Sumbu Kalambay. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

25
Dec 20, 1984
32-0
183
22 (68.8%)
185 cm
196 cm
11 cm
Southpaw
Nov 4, 1988
141 days
32
Age
Debut
Record
Rounds
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Lay Off
Win Streak
32
Oct 10, 1980
46-3-1
322
26 (52%)
175 cm
183 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Nov 8, 1988
137 days
9
IBF
MD
w1
d1
WBATheRing
MD
w1
d3
MD
e1
d2
middleweight
Saturday, 25 Mar 1989
Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S.
v0.1.5-beta 2023-06-09
Nunn vs. Kalambay

Date

This fight between Michael Nunn and Sumbu Kalambay took place on at the Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Michael Nunn is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Sumbu Kalambay is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 196 cm, Nunn also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Kalambay's 183 cm. On top of that, Nunn also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Kalambay.

Nunn is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 32-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 21 days ago against Juan Roldán, which he won via 8th round KO.

Kalambay comes in with a record of 46-3-1 (26 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 17 days ago against Doug DeWitt, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Michael Nunn fights out of the southpaw stance, while Sumbu Kalambay fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Nunn will be 25 years and 11 months old. Kalambay will be 32 years and 11 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Michael Nunn. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Nunn vs Kalambay.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Michael Nunn may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless something crazy happens.

Result

Michael Nunn defeated Sumbu Kalambay via 1st round KO to retain the IBF middleweight title. Kalambay's 9 fight win streak comes to an end, and Nunn advances his win streak to 33. Nunn is now 33-0, and Kalambay 46-4-1.

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