Ricky Hatton (The Hitman) and Tony Pep are scheduled to meet in a non-world-title super-lightweight bout on at the Wembley Conference Centre, London, England. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
This fight between Ricky Hatton and Tony Pep took place on 26 March, 2001 at the Conference Centre, Wembley.
At 187 cm, Tony Pep is the taller of the two by 17 cms; Ricky Hatton is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 187 cm, Pep also has a huge reach advantage of 22 cms over Hatton's 165 cm. On top of that, Pep also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Hatton.
Hatton is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 22-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 5 days ago against Jon Thaxton, which he won via 12 round PTS.
Pep comes in with a record of 41-7-1 (22 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 6 days ago against Mario Lechowski, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Hatton will be 22 years and 5 months old. Pep will be 36 years and 6 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 65-35 in favor of Ricky Hatton. Here is the prediction for Hatton vs. Pep.
Ricky Hatton defeated Tony Pep via 4th round TKO. Pep's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Hatton advances his win streak to 23. Hatton is now 23-0, and Pep 41-8-1.