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Vargas vs. Kelley: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Gregorio Vargas (Goyo Vargas) defends his WBC featherweight title against Kevin Kelley (The Flushing Flash). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

23
May 7, 1988
29-3-1
1
20 (60.6%)
167 cm
171 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Aug 7, 1993
3m, 27d
11
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Sep 8, 1988
36-0
0
26 (72.2%)
170 cm
180 cm
10 cm
Southpaw
Sep 11, 1993
2m, 23d
36
WBC
FT
w1
featherweight
Saturday, 4 Dec 1993
Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, USA
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Gregorio Vargas vs. Kevin Kelley

Date

This fight between Gregorio Vargas and Kevin Kelley took place on at the Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Kevin Kelley is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Gregorio Vargas is 167 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 180 cm, Kelley also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Vargas' 171 cm. On top of that, Kelley also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Vargas.

Vargas is coming in to this fight with a record of 29-3-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 27 days ago against Clifford Hicks, which he won via 3rd round KO.

Kelley comes in with an undefeated record of 36-0 (26 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 23 days ago against Patrick Simeon, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Gregorio Vargas fights out of the orthodox stance, while Kevin Kelley fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Vargas will be 23 years and 1 month old. Kelley will be 26 years and 5 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 52-48 in favor of Kevin Kelley. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Vargas vs Kelley.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Kevin Kelley may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Vargas stops Kelley early.

Result

Kevin Kelley defeated Gregorio Vargas via 12 round UD. Vargas' 11 fight win streak comes to an end, and Kelley advances his win streak to 37. Kelley is now 37-0, and Vargas 29-4-1.

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