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McCallum vs. Collins: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Mike McCallum (The Bodysnatcher) defends his WBA middleweight title against Steve Collins (Celtic Warrior). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
34
Jan 14, 1981
36-1
9
31 (83.8%)
182 cm
189 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
May 10, 1989
8m, 24d
4
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Oct 24, 1986
16-0
0
6 (37.5%)
183 cm
180 cm
-3 cm
Orthodox
Nov 21, 1989
2m, 13d
16
WBA
MD
w1
sWL
w1
d6
middleweight
Saturday, 3 Feb 1990
Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Mike McCallum vs. Steve Collins

Date

This fight between Mike McCallum and Steve Collins took place on at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 183 cm, Steve Collins is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Mike McCallum is 182 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, McCallum has a nice longer reach of 189 cm, which is 9 cms longer than Collins' 180 cm. McCallum also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Collins.

McCallum is coming in to this fight with a record of 36-1 (31 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 24 days ago against Herol Graham, which he won via 12 round split decision.

Herol Graham's boxing career

Collins comes in with an undefeated record of 16-0 (6 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 13 days ago against Roberto Rosiles, which he won via 9th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, McCallum will be 34 years and 1 month old. Collins will be 25 years and 6 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 a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for McCallum vs Collins.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe Mike McCallum wins?

Result

Mike McCallum defeated Steve Collins via 12 round UD to retain the WBA middleweight title. Collins' undefeated record of 16 wins comes to an end, and McCallum advances his win streak to 5. McCallum is now 37-1, and Collins 16-1.

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