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Vince Phillips (Cool) and Vernon Forrest (The Viper) are scheduled to meet in a welterweight bout on at The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Vince Phillips and Vernon Forrest took place on 22 January, 2000 at the The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
At 183 cm, Vernon Forrest is the taller of the two by 12 cms; Vince Phillips is 171 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Forrest also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Phillips' 178 cm. Phillips has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Forrest.
Phillips is coming in to this fight with a record of 40-4 (29 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 12 days ago against Angel Beltre, which he won via 3rd round KO.
Forrest comes in with an undefeated record of 30-0 (25 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 26 days ago against Santiago Samaniego, which he won via 7th round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Phillips will be 36 years and 5 months old. Forrest will be 28 years and 11 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Vernon Forrest. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Phillips vs Forrest.
Vernon Forrest defeated Vince Phillips via 12 round UD. Phillips' 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Forrest advances his win streak to 31. Forrest is now 31-0, and Phillips 40-5.