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Ramirez vs. Whitaker II: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Jose Luis Ramirez challenges Pernell Whitaker's (Sweet Pea) IBF lightweight belt. The winner also wins the vacant WBC lightweight belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
30
Mar 25, 1973
102-7
7
82 (75.2%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Southpaw
Mar 10, 1989
5m, 10d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Nov 15, 1984
18-1
3
11 (57.9%)
168 cm
175 cm
7 cm
Southpaw
Apr 30, 1989
3m, 21d
3
WBC
LT
w2
d2
IBF
LT
w1
d1
lightweight
Sunday, 20 Aug 1989
Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
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Jose Luis Ramirez vs. Pernell Whitaker II

Date

This fight between Jose Luis Ramirez and Pernell Whitaker took place on at the Scope, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Jose Luis Ramirez is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Pernell Whitaker is 168 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Whitaker has longer reach of 175 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Ramirez' 170 cm. Whitaker also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Ramirez.

Ramirez is coming in to this fight with a record of 102-7 (82 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 10 days ago against Juan Minaya, which he won via 5 round disqualification.

Whitaker comes in with a record of 18-1 (11 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 21 days ago against Louie Lomeli, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Ramirez will be 30 years and 8 months old. Whitaker will be 25 years and 7 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 56-44 in favor of Pernell Whitaker. Here is the prediction for Ramirez vs Whitaker II.

The chances of Pernell Whitaker winning is higher, but Jose Luis Ramirez cannot be counted out. Ramirez could make it competitive, maybe even win.

Result

Pernell Whitaker defeated Jose Luis Ramirez via 12 round UD. Ramirez' 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Whitaker advances his win streak to 4. Whitaker is now 19-1, and Ramirez 102-8.

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