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Hopkins vs. Johnson: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Bernard Hopkins (The Executioner) defends his IBF middleweight title against Glen Johnson (Gentleman). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
32
Oct 11, 1988
31-2-1
7
24 (70.6%)
185 cm
191 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Apr 19, 1997
3m, 1d
5
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Feb 19, 1993
32-0
0
22 (68.8%)
175 cm
191 cm
16 cm
Orthodox
Jun 7, 1997
1m, 13d
32
IBF
MD
w1
d4
middleweight
Sunday, 20 Jul 1997
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
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Bernard Hopkins vs. Glen Johnson

Date

This fight between Bernard Hopkins and Glen Johnson took place on at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Bernard Hopkins is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Glen Johnson is 175 cm. The fighters have the same reach of 191 cm. Johnson has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Hopkins.

Hopkins is coming in to this fight with a record of 31-2-1 (24 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 1 day ago against John David Jackson, which he won via 7th round TKO.

John David Jackson's boxing career

Johnson comes in with an undefeated record of 32-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 13 days ago against Dave Hamilton, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Hopkins will be 32 years and 6 months old. Johnson will be 28 years and 6 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 51-49 in favor of Glen Johnson. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Hopkins vs Johnson.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Glen Johnson may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Hopkins stops Johnson early.

Result

Bernard Hopkins defeated Glen Johnson via 11th round TKO to retain the IBF middleweight title. Johnson's undefeated record of 32 wins comes to an end, and Hopkins advances his win streak to 6. Hopkins is now 32-2-1, and Johnson 32-1.

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