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Shane Mosley (Sugar) defends his WBC welterweight title against Vernon Forrest (The Viper). The winner also wins the vacant Ring Magazine welterweight title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBC | IBF |
|---|---|
| WL w1 d3 | |
| LT w1 d8 |
| IBF |
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| WL w1 |
This fight between Shane Mosley and Vernon Forrest took place on at the The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
At 183 cm, Vernon Forrest is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Shane Mosley is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Forrest also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Mosley's 178 cm. Mosley has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Forrest.
Mosley is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 38-0 (35 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 5 days ago against Adrian Stone, which he won via 3rd round TKO.
Forrest also comes in with an undefeated record of 33-0 (26 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 2 days ago against Edgar Ruiz, which he won via 4th round KO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Mosley will be 30 years and 4 months old. Forrest will be 30 years and 11 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 60-40 in favor of Shane Mosley. Here is the prediction for Mosley vs Forrest.
Vernon Forrest defeated Shane Mosley via 12 round UD. Mosley's undefeated record of 38 wins comes to an end, and Forrest advances his win streak to 34. Forrest is now 34-0, and Mosley 38-1.