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Jorge Páez (El Maromero) defends his IBF featherweight title against Steve Cruz (Super Kid). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Jorge Páez and Steve Cruz took place on at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
At 168 cm, Steve Cruz is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Jorge Páez is 165 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Páez has a nice longer reach of 175 cm, which is 7 cms longer than Cruz' 168 cm. Páez also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Cruz.
Páez is coming in to this fight with a record of 28-2-2 (23 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 16 days ago against Louie Espinoza, which ended in a draw.
Cruz comes in with a record of 33-3 (18 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 23 days ago against Tracy Harris Patterson, which he won via 10 round split decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Páez will be 23 years and 9 months old. Cruz will be 25 years and 9 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 69-31 in favor of Jorge Páez. Here is the prediction for Páez vs Cruz.
Jorge Páez defeated Steve Cruz via 12 round UD to retain the IBF featherweight title. Cruz' 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Páez gets on a new winning streak. Páez is now 29-2-2, and Cruz 33-4.