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Nelson vs. Hernández: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Azumah Nelson (The Professor) defends his WBC super-featherweight title against Genaro Hernández (Chicanito). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
38
Dec 1, 1979
38-3-2
23
27 (62.8%)
165 cm
173 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Jun 1, 1996
9m, 21d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Sep 27, 1984
34-1-1
10
17 (47.2%)
180 cm
183 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Sep 28, 1996
5m, 22d
2
WBC
sFT
w2
d11
FT
w1
d6
WBA
sFT
w1
d8
super-featherweight
Saturday, 22 Mar 1997
Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
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Azumah Nelson vs. Genaro Hernández

Date

This fight between Azumah Nelson and Genaro Hernández took place on at the Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Genaro Hernández is the taller of the two by 15 cms; Azumah Nelson is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 183 cm, Hernández also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Nelson's 173 cm. Nelson has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Hernández.

Nelson is coming in to this fight with a record of 38-3-2 (27 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 21 days ago against Jesse James Leija, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Jesse James Leija's boxing career

Hernández comes in with a record of 34-1-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 22 days ago against Antonio Hernandez, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Nelson will be 38 years and 8 months old. Hernández will be 30 years and 10 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 52-48 in favor of Genaro Hernández. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Nelson vs Hernández.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Genaro Hernández may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Nelson stops Hernández early.

Result

Genaro Hernández defeated Azumah Nelson via 12 round SD. Nelson's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Hernández advances his win streak to 3. Hernández is now 35-1-1, and Nelson 38-4-2.

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