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Takehara vs. Joppy: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Shinji Takehara defends his WBA middleweight title against William Joppy. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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24
May 15, 1989
24-0
1
18 (75%)
186 cm
186 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 19, 1995
6m, 5d
24
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Feb 26, 1993
21-0-1
0
17 (77.3%)
175 cm
184 cm
9 cm
Orthodox
Feb 10, 1996
4m, 14d
2
WBA
MD
w1
middleweight
Monday, 24 Jun 1996
Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Shinji Takehara vs. William Joppy

Date

This fight between Shinji Takehara and William Joppy took place on at the Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 186 cm, Shinji Takehara is the taller of the two by 11 cms; William Joppy is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 186 cm, Takehara also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Joppy's 184 cm. Joppy has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Takehara.

Takehara is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 24-0 (18 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 5 days ago against Jorge Castro, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Jorge Castro's boxing career

Joppy also comes in with an undefeated record of 21-0-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 14 days ago against Dave Boone, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Takehara will be 24 years and 4 months old. Joppy will be 25 years and 9 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 58-42 in favor of William Joppy. Here is the prediction for Takehara vs Joppy.

The chances of William Joppy winning this fight is much higher. However, Shinji Takehara still cannot be counted out.

Result

William Joppy defeated Shinji Takehara via 9th round TKO. Takehara's undefeated record of 24 wins comes to an end, and Joppy advances his win streak to 3. Joppy is now 22-0-1, and Takehara 24-1.

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