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

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

33
Oct 11, 1988
33-2-1
9
25 (69.4%)
185 cm
191 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Nov 18, 1997
2m, 13d
7
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
34
Feb 16, 1982
47-6
14
34 (64.2%)
177 cm
180 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Sep 12, 1997
4m, 19d
2
IBF
MD
w1
d6
WBCIBF
sWL
w1
d1
WL
w1
WL
w1
d8
middleweight
Saturday, 31 Jan 1998
Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Bernard Hopkins vs. Simon Brown

Date

This fight between Bernard Hopkins and Simon Brown took place on at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Bernard Hopkins is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Simon Brown is 177 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Hopkins also has a significant reach advantage of 11 cms over Brown's 180 cm. On top of that, Hopkins also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Brown.

Hopkins is coming in to this fight with a record of 33-2-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 13 days ago against Andrew Council, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Brown comes in with a record of 47-6 (34 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 19 days ago against Rueben Bell, which he won via 5th round RTD.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Hopkins will be 33 years old. Brown will be 34 years and 5 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 76-24 in favor of Bernard Hopkins. Here is the prediction for Hopkins vs Brown.

Bernard Hopkins should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Simon Brown to win this one.

Result

Bernard Hopkins defeated Simon Brown via 6th round TKO to retain the IBF middleweight title. Brown's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Hopkins advances his win streak to 8. Hopkins is now 34-2-1, and Brown 47-7.

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