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Hamed vs. Vázquez: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Naseem Hamed (Prince) defends his WBO featherweight title against Wilfredo Vázquez (Wil). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
24
Feb 14, 1992
29-0
10
27 (93.1%)
164 cm
163 cm
-1 cm
Switcher
Dec 19, 1997
3m, 30d
29
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
37
Jan 29, 1981
50-7-2
20
37 (62.7%)
164 cm
164 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Nov 8, 1997
5m, 10d
8
IBFWBO
FT
w1
d2
FT
w1
d9
WBA
FT
w1
d4
sBT
w1
d9
BT
w1
d1
featherweight
Saturday, 18 Apr 1998
NYNEX Arena, Manchester, England
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Naseem Hamed vs. Wilfredo Vázquez

Date

This fight between Naseem Hamed and Wilfredo Vázquez took place on at the NYNEX Arena, Manchester, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 164 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Vázquez has longer reach of 164 cm, which is 1 cm longer than Hamed's 163 cm. Vázquez also has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Hamed.

Hamed is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 29-0 (27 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 30 days ago against Kevin Kelley, which he won via 4th round KO.

Kevin Kelley's boxing career

Vázquez comes in with a record of 50-7-2 (37 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 10 days ago against Genaro Rios, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Naseem Hamed is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Wilfredo Vázquez fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Hamed will be 24 years and 2 months old. Vázquez will be 37 years and 8 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 67-33 in favor of Naseem Hamed. Here is the prediction for Hamed vs Vázquez.

Naseem Hamed is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Wilfredo Vázquez to win this one.

Result

Naseem Hamed defeated Wilfredo Vázquez via 7th round TKO to retain the WBO featherweight title. Vázquez' 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Hamed advances his win streak to 30. Hamed is now 30-0, and Vázquez 50-8-2.

Fight Recommendations

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  2. Naseem Hamed knocks out Vuyani Bungu in the 4th round
  3. Naseem Hamed knocks out Paul Ingle in the 11th round
  4. Naseem Hamed knocks out Kevin Kelley in the 4th round
  5. Naseem Hamed knocks out Jose Badillo in the 7th round
  6. Naseem Hamed knocks out Manuel Medina in the 11th round
  7. Wilfredo Vazquez defeats Orlando Canizales via 12-round split decision