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De La Hoya vs. Ruelas: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In a unification world title fight, Oscar De La Hoya (The Golden Boy) and Rafael Ruelas put their lightweight belts on the line. De La Hoya brings the WBO belt. Ruelas brings the IBF belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
22
Nov 23, 1992
17-0
6
15 (88.2%)
179 cm
185 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Feb 18, 1995
2m, 18d
17
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
24
Jan 17, 1989
43-1
4
33 (75%)
180 cm
180 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Jan 28, 1995
3m, 8d
16
WBO
LT
w1
d3
sFT
w1
d1
IBF
LT
w1
d2
FT
w1
lightweight
Saturday, 6 May 1995
Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
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Oscar De La Hoya vs. Rafael Ruelas

Date

This fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Rafael Ruelas took place on at the Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Rafael Ruelas is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Oscar De La Hoya is 179 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, De La Hoya has longer reach of 185 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Ruelas' 180 cm. De La Hoya also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Ruelas.

De La Hoya is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 17-0 (15 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 18 days ago against John John Molina, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

John John Molina's boxing career

Ruelas comes in with a record of 43-1 (33 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 8 days ago against Billy Schwer, which he won via 8th round RTD.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, De La Hoya will be 22 years and 3 months old. Ruelas will be 24 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 52-48 in favor of Oscar De La Hoya. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for De La Hoya vs Ruelas.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Oscar De La Hoya may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Ruelas stops De La Hoya early.

Result

Oscar De La Hoya defeated Rafael Ruelas via 2nd round TKO to win the IBF lightweight title and retain the WBO lightweight title. Ruelas' 16 fight win streak comes to an end, and De La Hoya advances his win streak to 18. De La Hoya is now 18-0, and Ruelas 43-2.

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