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

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

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26
May 6, 1989
27-0
3
23 (85.2%)
180 cm
188 cm
8 cm
Switcher
Nov 18, 1994
4m
27
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
32
Feb 10, 1986
26-4-1
1
13 (41.9%)
185 cm
188 cm
3 cm
Southpaw
Sep 12, 1994
6m, 6d
7
IBF
sMD
w1
MD
w1
d1
super-middleweight
Saturday, 18 Mar 1995
Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antoine Byrd

Date

This fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Antoine Byrd took place on at the Civic Center, Pensacola.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Antoine Byrd is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Roy Jones Jr. is 180 cm. The fighters have the same reach of 188 cm. Jones Jr. has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Byrd.

Jones Jr. is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 27-0 (23 KOs). His last fight was 4 months ago against James Toney, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

James Toney's boxing career

Byrd comes in with a record of 26-4-1 (13 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 6 days ago against Eduardo Ayala, which he won via 6th round RTD.

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

On the day of the fight, Jones Jr. will be 26 years and 2 months old. Byrd will be 32 years and 4 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 66-34 in favor of Roy Jones Jr. Here is the prediction for Jones Jr. vs Byrd.

Roy Jones Jr. is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Antoine Byrd to win this one.

Result

Roy Jones Jr. defeated Antoine Byrd via 1st round TKO. Byrd's 7 fight win streak comes to an end, and Jones Jr. advances his win streak to 28. Jones Jr. is now 28-0, and Byrd 26-5-1.

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