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

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

26
Feb 14, 1992
33-0
14
29 (87.9%)
164 cm
163 cm
-1 cm
Switcher
Oct 22, 1999
4m, 18d
33
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
33
Apr 26, 1987
37-2
14
19 (48.7%)
166 cm
168 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Feb 6, 1999
1y, 1m, 5d
18
WBCIBFWBO
FT
w1
FT
w1
d2
FT
w1
d13
IBF
sBT
w1
d13
featherweight
Saturday, 11 Mar 2000
London Olympia, London, England
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Naseem Hamed vs. Vuyani Bungu

Date

This fight between Naseem Hamed and Vuyani Bungu took place on at the London Olympia, London, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 166 cm, Vuyani Bungu is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Naseem Hamed is 164 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 168 cm, Bungu also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Hamed's 163 cm. On top of that, Bungu also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Hamed.

Hamed is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 33-0 (29 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 18 days ago against César Soto, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Bungu comes in with a record of 37-2 (19 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 1 month, and 5 days ago against Victor Llerena, which he won via 7th round RTD.

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

On the day of the fight, Hamed will be 26 years old. Bungu will be 33 years old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 64-36 in favor of Naseem Hamed. Here is the prediction for Hamed vs Bungu.

Naseem Hamed is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Vuyani Bungu puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Naseem Hamed defeated Vuyani Bungu via 4th round TKO to retain the WBO featherweight title. Bungu's 18 fight win streak comes to an end, and Hamed advances his win streak to 34. Hamed is now 34-0, and Bungu 37-3.

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