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Leonard vs. Durán III: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Sugar Ray Leonard (Sugar) defends his WBC super-middleweight title against Roberto Durán (Manos de Piedra). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

33
Feb 5, 1977
35-1-1
11
25 (67.6%)
179 cm
188 cm
9 cm
Orthodox
Jun 12, 1989
5m, 25d
0
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Debut
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Title Fights
KOs
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Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
38
Feb 23, 1968
85-7
20
61 (66.3%)
170 cm
168 cm
-2 cm
Orthodox
Feb 24, 1989
9m, 13d
6
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super-middleweight
Thursday, 7 Dec 1989
The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Durán III

Date

This fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán took place on at the The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Sugar Ray Leonard is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Roberto Durán is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Leonard also has a huge reach advantage of 20 cms over Durán's 168 cm. On top of that, Leonard also has a 11 cm ape index advantage over Durán.

Leonard is coming in to this fight with a record of 35-1-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 25 days ago against Thomas Hearns, which ended in a draw.

Thomas Hearns' boxing career

Durán comes in with a record of 85-7 (61 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 13 days ago against Iran Barkley, which he won via 12 round split decision.

Iran Barkley's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Leonard will be 33 years and 6 months old. Durán will be 38 years and 5 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 62-38 in favor of Sugar Ray Leonard. Here is the prediction for Leonard vs Durán III.

Sugar Ray Leonard is likely to win. Unless Roberto Durán puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Roberto Durán via 12 round UD. Durán's 6 fight win streak comes to an end, and Leonard gets on a new winning streak. Leonard is now 36-1-1, and Durán 85-8.

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  5. Sugar Ray Leonard knocks out Dave Boy Green in the 4th round
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  7. Roberto Durán knocks out Esteban de Jesús in the 12th round in their 3rd fight