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Lewis vs. Grant: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Lennox Lewis (The Lion) defends his WBC and IBF heavyweight titles against Michael Grant (Big). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
34
Jun 27, 1989
35-1-1
11
27 (73%)
196 cm
213 cm
17 cm
Orthodox
Nov 13, 1999
5m, 16d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Jul 21, 1994
31-0
1
22 (71%)
201 cm
218 cm
17 cm
Orthodox
Nov 20, 1999
5m, 9d
31
WBAWBCIBF
HV
w1
HV
e1
w1
d9
HV
w1
WBC
HV
e1
d1
heavyweight
Saturday, 29 Apr 2000
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant

Date

This fight between Lennox Lewis and Michael Grant took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.

Tale of the Tape

At 201 cm, Michael Grant is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Lennox Lewis is 196 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 218 cm, Grant also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Lewis' 213 cm. They have the same ape index of 17 cm.

Lewis is coming in to this fight with a record of 35-1-1 (27 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 16 days ago against Evander Holyfield, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Evander Holyfield's boxing career

Grant comes in with an undefeated record of 31-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 9 days ago against Andrew Golota, which he won via 10th round TKO.

Andrew Golota's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Lewis will be 34 years and 7 months old. Grant will be 27 years and 8 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 54-46 in favor of Lennox Lewis. Here is the prediction for Lewis vs Grant.

Lennox Lewis is more likely to win, but Michael Grant could also pull it off. It is going to be competitive, nevertheless.

Result

Lennox Lewis defeated Michael Grant via 2nd round KO to retain the WBC and IBF heavyweight titles. Grant's undefeated record of 31 wins comes to an end, and Lewis advances his win streak to 2. Lewis is now 36-1-1, and Grant 31-1.

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