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Lennox Lewis (The Lion) defends his WBC and IBF heavyweight titles against Francois Botha. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
WBA | WBC | IBF |
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HV w1 | HV e1 w1 d10 | HV w1 d1 |
This fight between Lennox Lewis and Francois Botha took place on at the London Arena, London, England.
At 196 cm, Lennox Lewis is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Francois Botha is 188 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 213 cm, Lewis also has a huge reach advantage of 25 cms over Botha's 188 cm. On top of that, Lewis also has a 17 cm ape index advantage over Botha.
Lewis is coming in to this fight with a record of 36-1-1 (28 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 16 days ago against Michael Grant, which he won via 2nd round KO.
Botha comes in with a record of 40-2-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 7 days ago against Steve Pannell, which he won via 1st round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Lewis will be 34 years and 10 months old. Botha will be 31 years and 9 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 80-20 in favor of Lennox Lewis. Here is the prediction for Lewis vs Botha.
Lennox Lewis defeated Francois Botha via 2nd round TKO. Botha's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Lewis advances his win streak to 3. Lewis is now 37-1-1, and Botha 40-3-1.