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Bowe vs. Holyfield II: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Riddick Bowe (Big Daddy) defends his WBA and IBF heavyweight titles against Evander Holyfield (The Real Deal). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

26
Mar 6, 1989
34-0
3
29 (85.3%)
196 cm
206 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
May 22, 1993
5m, 15d
34
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
31
Nov 15, 1984
29-1
11
22 (73.3%)
189 cm
197 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Jun 26, 1993
4m, 11d
1
WBAWBCIBF
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
HV
w1
d1
WBAWBCIBF
HV
w1
d3
HV
w1
d3
HV
w1
d3
CR
w1
d5
CR
w1
CR
w1
d3
heavyweight
Saturday, 6 Nov 1993
Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II

Date

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

Tale of the Tape

At 196 cm, Riddick Bowe is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Evander Holyfield is 189 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Bowe also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Holyfield's 197 cm. On top of that, Bowe also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Holyfield.

Bowe is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 34-0 (29 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 15 days ago against Jesse Ferguson, which he won via 2nd round KO.

Holyfield comes in with a record of 29-1 (22 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Alex Stewart, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Alex Stewart's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Bowe will be 26 years and 2 months old. Holyfield will be 31 years 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 Riddick Bowe. Here is the prediction for Bowe vs Holyfield II.

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

Result

Evander Holyfield defeated Riddick Bowe via 12 round MD to win the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles. Bowe's undefeated record of 34 wins comes to an end, and Holyfield advances his win streak to 2. Holyfield is now 30-1, and Bowe 34-1.

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