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Eubank vs. Malinga: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Chris Eubank (Simply the Best) defends his WBO super-middleweight title against Thulani Malinga (Sugar Boy). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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25
Oct 3, 1985
29-0
5
17 (58.6%)
178 cm
185 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Sep 21, 1991
4m, 11d
29
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
36
Aug 8, 1981
33-6
2
13 (33.3%)
177 cm
177 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Aug 13, 1991
5m, 19d
1
WBO
sMD
w1
MD
w1
d3
super-middleweight
Saturday, 1 Feb 1992
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England
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Chris Eubank vs. Thulani Malinga

Date

This fight between Chris Eubank and Thulani Malinga took place on at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 178 cm, Chris Eubank is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Thulani Malinga is 177 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Eubank also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Malinga's 177 cm. On top of that, Eubank also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Malinga.

Eubank is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 29-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Michael Watson, which he won via 12th round TKO.

Michael Watson's boxing career

Malinga comes in with a record of 33-6 (13 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 19 days ago against Leonard Friedman, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Eubank will be 25 years and 5 months old. Malinga will be 36 years and 1 month 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 70-30 in favor of Chris Eubank. Here is the prediction for Eubank vs Malinga.

Chris Eubank should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Thulani Malinga to win this one.

Result

Chris Eubank defeated Thulani Malinga via 12 round SD to retain the WBO super-middleweight title. Malinga's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Eubank advances his win streak to 30. Eubank is now 30-0, and Malinga 33-7.

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  3. Vincenzo Nardiello defeats Thulani Malinga via 12-round split decision
  4. Chris Eubank defeats Graciano Rocchigiani via 12-round unanimous decision
  5. Chris Eubank knocks out Michael Watson in the 12th round in their 2nd fight
  6. Chris Eubank knocks out Nigel Benn in the 9th round
  7. Graciano Rocchigiani defeats Thulani Malinga via 12-round unanimous decision