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Leija vs. Ruelas: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Jesse James Leija (The Texas Tornado) defends his WBC super-featherweight title against Gabriel Ruelas. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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28
Oct 2, 1988
28-0-2
2
13 (43.3%)
165 cm
170 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
May 7, 1994
4m, 10d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
24
Sep 16, 1988
38-2
1
21 (52.5%)
170 cm
175 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
May 20, 1994
3m, 28d
5
WBC
sFT
w1
super-featherweight
Saturday, 17 Sep 1994
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
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Jesse James Leija vs. Gabriel Ruelas

Date

This fight between Jesse James Leija and Gabriel Ruelas took place on at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Gabriel Ruelas is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Jesse James Leija is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 175 cm, Ruelas also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Leija's 170 cm. They have the same ape index of 5 cm.

Leija is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 28-0-2 (13 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 10 days ago against Azumah Nelson, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Azumah Nelson's boxing career

Ruelas comes in with a record of 38-2 (21 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 28 days ago against Paris Alexander, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Leija will be 28 years and 2 months old. Ruelas will be 24 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 58-42 in favor of Jesse James Leija. Here is the prediction for Leija vs Ruelas.

The chances of Jesse James Leija winning this fight is much higher. However, Gabriel Ruelas still cannot be counted out.

Result

Gabriel Ruelas defeated Jesse James Leija via 12 round UD to win the WBC super-featherweight title. Leija's undefeated record comes to an end, and Ruelas advances his win streak to 6. Ruelas is now 39-2, and Leija 28-1-2.

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