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Julian Jackson (The Hawk) defends his WBC middleweight title against Gerald McClellan (The G-Man). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBA | WBC |
|---|---|
| MD w1 d4 | |
| sWL w1 d3 |
| WBO |
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| MD w1 |
This fight between Julian Jackson and Gerald McClellan took place on at the Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
At 183 cm, Gerald McClellan is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Julian Jackson is 180 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 196 cm, McClellan also has a significant reach advantage of 11 cms over Jackson's 185 cm. On top of that, McClellan also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Jackson.
Jackson is coming in to this fight with a record of 46-1 (43 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 25 days ago against Eddie Hall, which he won via 4th round TKO.
McClellan comes in with a record of 27-2 (25 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 18 days ago against Tyrone Moore, which he won via 2nd round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Jackson will be 32 years and 7 months old. McClellan will be 25 years and 6 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Gerald McClellan. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Jackson vs McClellan.
Gerald McClellan defeated Julian Jackson via 5th round TKO to win the WBC middleweight title. Jackson's 17 fight win streak comes to an end, and McClellan advances his win streak to 18. McClellan is now 28-2, and Jackson 46-2.