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Malinga vs. Larsen: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Thulani Malinga (Sugar Boy) and Mads Larsen (Golden Boy) are scheduled to meet in a non-world-title super-middleweight bout on at the Falconer Centeret, Frederiksberg, Denmark. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

43
Aug 8, 1981
44-11
7
19 (34.5%)
177 cm
177 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Nov 27, 1998
3m, 20d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Oct 29, 1993
28-1
0
24 (82.8%)
182 cm
196 cm
14 cm
Southpaw
Oct 16, 1998
5m, 3d
16
WBC
sMD
w2
super-middleweight
Friday, 19 Mar 1999
Falconer Centeret, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Thulani Malinga vs. Mads Larsen

Date

This fight between Thulani Malinga and Mads Larsen took place on 19 March, 1999 at the Falconer Centeret, Frederiksberg, Denmark.

Tale of the Tape

At 182 cm, Mads Larsen is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Thulani Malinga is 177 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 196 cm, Larsen also has a significant reach advantage of 19 cms over Malinga's 177 cm. On top of that, Larsen also has a 14 cm ape index advantage over Malinga.

Malinga is coming in to this fight with a record of 44-11 (19 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 20 days ago against Peter H Madsen, which he won via 8th round RTD.

Larsen comes in with a record of 28-1 (24 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 3 days ago against Peter Venancio, which he won via 7th round KO.

Thulani Malinga fights out of the orthodox stance, while Mads Larsen fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Malinga will be 43 years and 3 months old. Larsen 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 68-32 in favor of Mads Larsen. Here is the prediction for Malinga vs Larsen.

Mads Larsen should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Thulani Malinga to win this one.

Result

Mads Larsen defeated Thulani Malinga via 9th round RTD. Malinga's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Larsen advances his win streak to 17. Larsen is now 29-1, and Malinga 44-12.

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