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Nelson vs. Ruelas: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Azumah Nelson (The Professor) defends his WBC super-featherweight title against Gabriel Ruelas. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

34
Dec 1, 1979
35-2-1
18
25 (65.8%)
165 cm
173 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Nov 7, 1992
3m, 13d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
22
Sep 16, 1988
33-1
0
16 (47.1%)
170 cm
175 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Sep 29, 1992
4m, 22d
12
WBC
sFT
w1
d8
FT
w1
d6
super-featherweight
Saturday, 20 Feb 1993
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Azumah Nelson vs. Gabriel Ruelas I

Date

This fight between Azumah Nelson and Gabriel Ruelas took place on at the Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Gabriel Ruelas is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Azumah Nelson is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 175 cm, Ruelas also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Nelson's 173 cm. Nelson has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Ruelas.

Nelson is coming in to this fight with a record of 35-2-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 13 days ago against Calvin Grove, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Ruelas comes in with a record of 33-1 (16 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 22 days ago against Gabriel Castro, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Nelson will be 34 years and 7 months old. Ruelas will be 22 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 51-49 in favor of Gabriel Ruelas. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Nelson vs Ruelas.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Gabriel Ruelas may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Nelson stops Ruelas early.

Result

Azumah Nelson defeated Gabriel Ruelas via 12 round MD to retain the WBC super-featherweight title. Ruelas' 12 fight win streak comes to an end, and Nelson advances his win streak to 3. Nelson is now 36-2-1, and Ruelas 33-2.

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