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.
| IBF |
|---|
| MD w1 d1 |
| WBA | TheRing |
|---|---|
| MD w1 d3 | MD e1 d2 |
This fight between Michael Nunn and Sumbu Kalambay took place on at the Las Vegas, Nevada.
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.
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.
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.