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Malinga vs. Nardiello: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Thulani Malinga (Sugar Boy) defends his WBC super-middleweight title against Vincenzo Nardiello. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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40
Aug 8, 1981
41-9
4
17 (34%)
177 cm
177 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Mar 2, 1996
4m, 4d
6
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Dec 22, 1988
29-5
2
17 (50%)
179 cm
185 cm
6 cm
Southpaw
Mar 9, 1996
3m, 27d
1
WBC
sMD
w1
super-middleweight
Saturday, 6 Jul 1996
NYNEX Arena, Manchester, England, U.K.
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Thulani Malinga vs. Vincenzo Nardiello

Date

This fight between Thulani Malinga and Vincenzo Nardiello took place on at the NYNEX Arena, Manchester, England, U.K.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Vincenzo Nardiello is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Thulani Malinga is 177 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Nardiello also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Malinga's 177 cm. On top of that, Nardiello also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Malinga.

Malinga is coming in to this fight with a record of 41-9 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Nigel Benn, which he won via 12 round split decision.

Nigel Benn's boxing career

Nardiello comes in with a record of 29-5 (17 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 27 days ago against Norberto Bueno, which he won via 1st round KO.

Thulani Malinga fights out of the orthodox stance, while Vincenzo Nardiello fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Malinga will be 40 years and 6 months old. Nardiello will be 30 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 51-49 in favor of Thulani Malinga. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Malinga vs Nardiello.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Thulani Malinga may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Nardiello stops Malinga early.

Result

Vincenzo Nardiello defeated Thulani Malinga via 12 round SD. Malinga's 6 fight win streak comes to an end, and Nardiello advances his win streak to 2. Nardiello is now 30-5, and Malinga 41-10.

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