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

Roy Jones Jr. (Captain Hook) defends his IBF middleweight title against Thomas Tate (ICE-T). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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25
May 6, 1989
25-0
1
22 (88%)
180 cm
188 cm
8 cm
Switcher
Mar 22, 1994
2m, 5d
25
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Feb 12, 1989
29-2
1
21 (67.7%)
178 cm
183 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Dec 18, 1993
5m, 9d
5
IBF
MD
w1
middleweight
Friday, 27 May 1994
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Thomas Tate

Date

This fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Thomas Tate took place on at the MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Roy Jones Jr. is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Thomas Tate is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Jones Jr. also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Tate's 183 cm. On top of that, Jones Jr. also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Tate.

Jones Jr. is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 25-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 5 days ago against Danny Garcia, which he won via 6th round KO.

Danny Garcia's boxing career

Tate comes in with a record of 29-2 (21 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 9 days ago against Rolando Torres, which he won via 9th round TKO.

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

On the day of the fight, Jones Jr. will be 25 years and 4 months old. Tate will be 28 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 58-42 in favor of Roy Jones Jr. Here is the prediction for Jones Jr. vs Tate.

The chances of Roy Jones Jr. winning this fight is much higher. However, Thomas Tate still cannot be counted out.

Result

Roy Jones Jr. defeated Thomas Tate via 2nd round TKO to retain the IBF middleweight title. Tate's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Jones Jr. advances his win streak to 26. Jones Jr. is now 26-0, and Tate 29-3.

Fight Recommendations

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  2. Sven Ottke defeats Thomas Tate via 12-round unanimous decision in their 2nd fight
  3. Roy Jones Jr. knocks out Glen Kelly in the 7th round
  4. Roy Jones Jr. knocks out Montell Griffin in the 1st round in their 2nd fight
  5. Roy Jones Jr. knocks out Vinny Pazienza in the 6th round
  6. Roy Jones Jr. defeats James Toney via 12-round unanimous decision
  7. Julian Jackson defeats Thomas Tate via 12-round unanimous decision