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Nigel Benn (The Dark Destroyer) defends his WBC super-middleweight title against Thulani Malinga (Sugar Boy). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBC | WBO |
|---|---|
| sMD w1 d9 | |
| MD w1 d1 |
This fight between Nigel Benn and Thulani Malinga took place on at the Telewest Arena, Newcastle, England.
At 177 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Benn has a nice longer reach of 185 cm, which is 8 cms longer than Malinga's 177 cm. Benn also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Malinga.
Benn is coming in to this fight with a record of 42-2-1 (35 KOs). His last fight was 6 months ago against Danny Perez, which he won via 7th round TKO.
Malinga comes in with a record of 40-9 (17 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 9 days ago against Trevor Ambrose, which he won via 8 round PTS.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Benn will be 32 years and 1 month old. Malinga will be 40 years and 2 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 67-33 in favor of Nigel Benn. Here is the prediction for Benn vs Malinga II.
Thulani Malinga defeated Nigel Benn via 12 round SD. Benn's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Malinga advances his win streak to 6. Malinga is now 41-9, and Benn 42-3-1.