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Jones Jr. vs. Malinga: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Roy Jones Jr. (Captain Hook) and Thulani Malinga (Sugar Boy) are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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24
May 6, 1989
22-0
1
20 (90.9%)
180 cm
188 cm
8 cm
Switcher
May 22, 1993
2m, 23d
22
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
37
Aug 8, 1981
35-8
3
13 (30.2%)
177 cm
177 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Feb 10, 1993
6m, 4d
2
IBF
MD
w1
Saturday, 14 Aug 1993
Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, U.S.
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Thulani Malinga

Date

This fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Thulani Malinga took place on 14 August, 1993 at the Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Roy Jones Jr. is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Thulani Malinga is 177 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Jones Jr. also has a significant reach advantage of 11 cms over Malinga's 177 cm. On top of that, Jones Jr. also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Malinga.

Jones Jr. is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 22-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 23 days ago against Bernard Hopkins, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Bernard Hopkins' boxing career

Malinga comes in with a record of 35-8 (13 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 4 days ago against Gary Ballard, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Roy Jones Jr. is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Thulani Malinga fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Jones Jr. will be 24 years and 6 months old. Malinga will be 37 years and 8 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 75-25 in favor of Roy Jones Jr. Here is the prediction for Jones Jr. vs Malinga.

Roy Jones Jr. should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Thulani Malinga to win this one.

Result

Roy Jones Jr. defeated Thulani Malinga via 6th round KO. Malinga's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Jones Jr. advances his win streak to 23. Jones Jr. is now 23-0, and Malinga 35-9.

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