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Vargas vs. Márquez: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Fernando Vargas (El Feroz) defends his IBF super-welterweight title against Raúl Márquez (El Diamante). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

21
Mar 25, 1997
16-0
2
16 (100%)
178 cm
178 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Mar 13, 1999
4m, 4d
16
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Oct 3, 1992
30-1
4
20 (64.5%)
179 cm
188 cm
9 cm
Southpaw
Mar 19, 1999
3m, 28d
2
IBF
sWL
w1
d1
IBF
sWL
w1
d2
super-welterweight
Saturday, 17 Jul 1999
Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, U.S.
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Fernando Vargas vs. Raúl Márquez

Date

This fight between Fernando Vargas and Raúl Márquez took place on at the Caesars Tahoe, Circus Maximus Showroom, Stateline.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Raúl Márquez is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Fernando Vargas is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Márquez also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Vargas' 178 cm. On top of that, Márquez also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Vargas.

Vargas is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 16-0 (16 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Howard Clarke, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Márquez comes in with a record of 30-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 28 days ago against Michael Lerma, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Fernando Vargas fights out of the orthodox stance, while Raúl Márquez fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Vargas will be 21 years and 7 months old. Márquez will be 27 years and 10 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 63-37 in favor of Fernando Vargas. Here is the prediction for Vargas vs Márquez.

Fernando Vargas is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Raúl Márquez puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Fernando Vargas defeated Raúl Márquez via 11th round TKO to retain the IBF super-welterweight title. Márquez' 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Vargas advances his win streak to 17. Vargas is now 17-0, and Márquez 30-2.

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