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Espinosa vs. Medina II: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Luisito Espinosa (Lindol) defends his WBC featherweight title against Manuel Medina (Mantecas). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

29
May 25, 1984
40-7
7
21 (44.7%)
170 cm
175 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Nov 2, 1996
6m, 15d
8
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Oct 9, 1985
53-8
11
25 (41%)
173 cm
173 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 16, 1996
5m, 1d
1
WBAWBC
FT
w1
d3
BT
w1
d1
WBCIBF
FT
w1
FT
w1
d4
featherweight
Saturday, 17 May 1997
Luneta Park, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Luisito Espinosa vs. Manuel Medina II

Date

This fight between Luisito Espinosa and Manuel Medina took place on at the Luneta Park, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Manuel Medina is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Luisito Espinosa is 170 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Espinosa has longer reach of 175 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Medina's 173 cm. Espinosa also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Medina.

Espinosa is coming in to this fight with a record of 40-7 (21 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 15 days ago against Nobutoshi Hiranaka, which he won via 8th round TKO.

Medina comes in with a record of 53-8 (25 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 1 day ago against Rosario Hernandez, which he won via 1st round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Espinosa will be 29 years and 10 months old. Medina will be 26 years and 1 month 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 66-34 in favor of Luisito Espinosa. Here is the prediction for Espinosa vs Medina II.

Luisito Espinosa is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Manuel Medina to win this one.

Result

Luisito Espinosa defeated Manuel Medina via 8 round TD to retain the WBC featherweight title. Medina's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Espinosa advances his win streak to 9. Espinosa is now 41-7, and Medina 53-9.

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