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Tapia vs. Medina: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Johnny Tapia (Baby-faced Assassin) challenges Manuel Medina's (Mantecas) IBF featherweight belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

35
Mar 28, 1988
51-2-2
18
28 (50.9%)
168 cm
165 cm
-3 cm
Orthodox
Jan 19, 2002
3m, 8d
3
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
31
Oct 9, 1985
60-11
16
28 (39.4%)
173 cm
173 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Nov 16, 2001
5m, 11d
4
WBAIBFWBO
BT
w1
BT
w1
d1
sFL
w1
d2
sFL
w1
d13
WBCIBF
FT
w1
FT
w3
d5
featherweight
Saturday, 27 Apr 2002
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Johnny Tapia vs. Manuel Medina

Date

This fight between Johnny Tapia and Manuel Medina took place on at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Manuel Medina is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Johnny Tapia is 168 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 173 cm, Medina also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Tapia's 165 cm. On top of that, Medina also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Tapia.

Tapia is coming in to this fight with a record of 51-2-2 (28 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 8 days ago against Eduardo Enrique Alvarez, which he won via 1st round TKO.

Medina comes in with a record of 60-11 (28 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 11 days ago against Frank Toledo, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tapia will be 35 years and 2 months old. Medina will be 31 years old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 53-47 in favor of Johnny Tapia. Here is the prediction for Tapia vs Medina.

A close matchup. Johnny Tapia may have a better chance at winning this fight, but Manuel Medina could win too.

Result

Johnny Tapia defeated Manuel Medina via 12 round MD to win the IBF featherweight title. Medina's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Tapia advances his win streak to 4. Tapia is now 52-2-2, and Medina 60-12.

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