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Holyfield vs. Holmes: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Evander Holyfield (The Real Deal) defends his heavyweight WBA, WBC, and IBF belts against Larry Holmes (The Easton Assassin). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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29
Nov 15, 1984
27-0
9
22 (81.5%)
189 cm
197 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Nov 23, 1991
6m, 27d
27
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
42
Mar 21, 1973
54-3
24
37 (64.9%)
191 cm
206 cm
15 cm
Orthodox
Feb 7, 1992
4m, 12d
6
WBAWBCIBF
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d2
CR
w1
d5
CR
w1
CR
w1
d3
WBCIBFTheRing
HV
w1
d16
HV
e1
d3
HV
w1
d12
heavyweight
Friday, 19 Jun 1992
Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Evander Holyfield vs. Larry Holmes

Date

This fight between Evander Holyfield and Larry Holmes took place on at the Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Larry Holmes is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Evander Holyfield is 189 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Holmes also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Holyfield's 197 cm. On top of that, Holmes also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Holyfield.

Holyfield is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 27-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 27 days ago against Bert Cooper, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Holmes comes in with a record of 54-3 (37 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 12 days ago against Ray Mercer, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Ray Mercer's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Holyfield will be 29 years and 8 months old. Holmes will be 42 years and 7 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 67-33 in favor of Evander Holyfield. Here is the prediction for Holyfield vs Holmes.

Evander Holyfield is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Larry Holmes to win this one.

Result

Evander Holyfield defeated Larry Holmes via 12 round UD to retain the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles. Holmes' 6 fight win streak comes to an end, and Holyfield advances his win streak to 28. Holyfield is now 28-0, and Holmes 54-4.

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