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

Roy Jones Jr. (Captain Hook) defends his IBF super-middleweight title against Vinny Paz (The Pazmanian Devil). 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
28-0
4
24 (85.7%)
180 cm
188 cm
8 cm
Switcher
Mar 18, 1995
3m, 6d
28
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
32
May 26, 1983
40-5
6
27 (60%)
171 cm
179 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Jan 14, 1995
5m, 10d
11
IBF
sMD
w1
d1
MD
w1
d1
WBAIBF
sWL
w1
LT
w1
super-middleweight
Saturday, 24 Jun 1995
Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Vinny Paz

Date

This fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Vinny Paz took place on at the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Roy Jones Jr. is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Vinny Paz is 171 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Jones Jr. also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Paz' 179 cm. They have the same ape index of 8 cm.

Jones Jr. is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 28-0 (24 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 6 days ago against Antoine Byrd, which he won via 1st round TKO.

Antoine Byrd's boxing career

Paz comes in with a record of 40-5 (27 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 10 days ago against Roberto Durán, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Roberto Durán's boxing career

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

On the day of the fight, Jones Jr. will be 26 years and 5 months old. Paz will be 32 years and 6 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 56-44 in favor of Roy Jones Jr. Here is the prediction for Jones Jr. vs Paz.

The chances of Roy Jones Jr. winning is higher, but Vinny Paz cannot be counted out. Paz could make it competitive, maybe even win.

Result

Roy Jones Jr. defeated Vinny Paz via 6th round TKO to retain the IBF super-middleweight title. Paz' 11 fight win streak comes to an end, and Jones Jr. advances his win streak to 29. Jones Jr. is now 29-0, and Paz 40-6.

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