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Johnny Tapia (Baby-faced Assassin) defends his WBA bantamweight title against Paulie Ayala. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBA | IBF | WBO |
|---|---|---|
| BT w1 | ||
| sFL w1 d2 | sFL w1 d13 | |
This fight between Johnny Tapia and Paulie Ayala took place on at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
At 168 cm, Johnny Tapia is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Paulie Ayala is 166 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Ayala has a nice longer reach of 173 cm, which is 8 cms longer than Tapia's 165 cm. Ayala also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Tapia.
Tapia is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 46-0-2 (25 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 2 days ago against Alberto Martinez, which he won via 1st round KO.
Ayala comes in with a record of 27-1 (12 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 6 days ago against David Vazquez, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.
Johnny Tapia fights out of the orthodox stance, while Paulie Ayala fights out of the southpaw stance.
On the day of the fight, Tapia will be 32 years and 4 months old. Ayala will be 29 years and 2 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 62-38 in favor of Johnny Tapia. Here is the prediction for Tapia vs Ayala.
Paulie Ayala defeated Johnny Tapia via 12 round UD. Tapia's undefeated record comes to an end, and Ayala advances his win streak to 3. Ayala is now 28-1, and Tapia 46-1-2.