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Whitaker vs. Chávez: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Pernell Whitaker (Sweet Pea) defends his WBC welterweight title against Julio César Chávez (J.C. Superstar). 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
32-1
12
15 (45.5%)
168 cm
175 cm
7 cm
Southpaw
Mar 6, 1993
6m, 4d
17
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
31
Feb 5, 1980
87-0
25
73 (83.9%)
171 cm
173 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
May 8, 1993
4m, 2d
87
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
WL
w1
sLT
w1
LT
w1
d3
LT
w1
d6
LT
w1
d8
LT
w1
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
sLT
w1
d11
sLT
w1
d2
LT
w1
d2
LT
w1
LT
w1
sFT
w1
d9
welterweight
Friday, 10 Sep 1993
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
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Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Chávez

Date

This fight between Pernell Whitaker and Julio César Chávez took place on at the Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 171 cm, Julio César Chávez is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Pernell Whitaker is 168 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Whitaker has longer reach of 175 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Chávez' 173 cm. Whitaker also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Chávez.

Whitaker is coming in to this fight with a record of 32-1 (15 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 4 days ago against Buddy McGirt, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Buddy McGirt's boxing career

Chávez comes in with an undefeated record of 87-0 (73 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 2 days ago against Terrence Alli, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Pernell Whitaker fights out of the southpaw stance, while Julio César Chávez fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Whitaker will be 29 years and 8 months old. Chávez will be 31 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 62-38 in favor of Julio César Chávez. Here is the prediction for Whitaker vs Chávez.

Julio César Chávez is likely to win. Unless Pernell Whitaker puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

The fight ended in a 12 round draw. Both the boxers retained their titles and added a draw to their respective records. Chávez is now 87-0-1, and Whitaker 32-1-1.

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