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López vs. Petelo: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Ricardo López (El Finito) defends his IBF light-flyweight title against Zolani Petelo (Tiger). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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35
Jan 18, 1985
50-0-1
25
37 (72.5%)
165 cm
165 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 2, 2000
9m, 27d
3
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Apr 3, 1993
17-2-2
6
9 (42.9%)
168 cm
173 cm
5 cm
Southpaw
Apr 22, 2001
5m, 7d
8
WBAWBCIBFWBO
lFL
w1
d1
ST
w1
ST
w1
d22
ST
w1
IBF
ST
w1
d5
light-flyweight
Saturday, 29 Sep 2001
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Ricardo López vs. Zolani Petelo

Date

This fight between Ricardo López and Zolani Petelo took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 168 cm, Zolani Petelo is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Ricardo López is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 173 cm, Petelo also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over López' 165 cm. On top of that, Petelo also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over López.

López is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 50-0-1 (37 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 27 days ago against Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Ratanapol Sor Vorapin's boxing career

Petelo comes in with a record of 17-2-2 (9 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 7 days ago against Roberto Gomez, which he won via 8 round PTS.

Ricardo López fights out of the orthodox stance, while Zolani Petelo fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, López will be 35 years and 2 months old. Petelo will be 26 years 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 57-43 in favor of Ricardo López. Here is the prediction for López vs Petelo.

The chances of Ricardo López winning is higher, but Zolani Petelo cannot be counted out. Petelo could make it competitive, maybe even win.

Result

Ricardo López defeated Zolani Petelo via 8th round KO to retain the IBF light-flyweight title. Petelo's 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and López advances his win streak to 4. López is now 51-0-1, and Petelo 17-3-2.

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  4. Zolani Petelo knocks out Ratanapol Sor Vorapin in the 4th round
  5. Ricardo Lopez knocks out Hideyuki Ohashi in the 5th round