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Jones Jr. vs. Kelly: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Roy Jones Jr. (Captain Hook) defends his light-heavyweight WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring belts against Glen Kelly (Kunga). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
33
May 6, 1989
45-1
19
36 (78.3%)
180 cm
188 cm
8 cm
Switcher
Jul 28, 2001
6m, 5d
11
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Apr 24, 1998
10-0
0
7 (70%)
181 cm
180 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Jun 29, 2001
7m, 4d
10
WBAWBCIBF
lHV
w1
d8
lHV
e1
w1
d9
lHV
w1
d5
sMD
w1
d5
MD
w1
d1
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 2 Feb 2002
American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida, U.S.
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Glen Kelly

Date

This fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Glen Kelly took place on at the American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida.

Tale of the Tape

At 181 cm, Glen Kelly is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Roy Jones Jr. is 180 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Jones Jr. has a nice longer reach of 188 cm, which is 8 cms longer than Kelly's 180 cm. Jones Jr. also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Kelly.

Jones Jr. is coming in to this fight with a record of 45-1 (36 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 5 days ago against Julio César González, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Julio César González' boxing career

Kelly comes in with an undefeated record of 10-0 (7 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 4 days ago against Sakeasi Dakua, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Roy Jones Jr. is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Glen Kelly fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Jones Jr. will be 33 years old. Kelly will be 30 years and 10 months 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 67-33 in favor of Roy Jones Jr. Here is the prediction for Jones Jr. vs Kelly.

Roy Jones Jr. is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Glen Kelly to win this one.

Result

Roy Jones Jr. defeated Glen Kelly via 7th round KO. Kelly's undefeated record of 10 wins comes to an end, and Jones Jr. advances his win streak to 12. Jones Jr. is now 46-1, and Kelly 10-1.

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