Hopkins vs. Daniels: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
In an undisputed world title fight, Bernard Hopkins (The Executioner) defends his middleweight WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring belts against Carl Daniels (The Squirrel). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBA | WBC | IBF | TheRing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD w1 | MD w1 d1 | MD w1 d13 | MD w1 |
| WBA |
|---|
| sWL w1 |
Date
This fight between Bernard Hopkins and Carl Daniels took place on at the Sovereign Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Tale of the Tape
At 185 cm, Bernard Hopkins is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Carl Daniels is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Hopkins also has a significant reach advantage of 12 cms over Daniels' 179 cm. On top of that, Hopkins also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Daniels.
Hopkins is coming in to this fight with a record of 40-2-1 (29 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Félix Trinidad, which he won via 12th round TKO.
Daniels comes in with a record of 47-3-1 (30 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 1 month, and 4 days ago against Brian Barbosa, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Bernard Hopkins fights out of the orthodox stance, while Carl Daniels fights out of the southpaw stance.
On the day of the fight, Hopkins will be 37 years old. Daniels will be 31 years and 5 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 67-33 in favor of Bernard Hopkins. Here is the prediction for Hopkins vs Daniels.
Result
Bernard Hopkins defeated Carl Daniels via 10th round RTD to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles. Daniels' 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Hopkins advances his win streak to 15. Hopkins is now 41-2-1, and Daniels 47-4-1.
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