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

Marco Antonio Barrera (Baby-Faced Assassin) defends his The Ring featherweight title against Johnny Tapia (Baby-faced Assassin). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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28
Nov 22, 1989
55-3
21
39 (67.2%)
168 cm
178 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Jun 22, 2002
4m, 11d
6
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
35
Mar 28, 1988
52-2-2
19
28 (50%)
168 cm
165 cm
-3 cm
Orthodox
Apr 27, 2002
6m, 6d
4
WBAWBCWBOTheRing
FT
w1
FT
w1
sBT
w1
d1
sBT
w2
d13
WBAIBFWBO
FT
w1
BT
w1
BT
w1
d1
sFL
w1
d2
sFL
w1
d13
featherweight
Saturday, 2 Nov 2002
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Johnny Tapia

Date

This fight between Marco Antonio Barrera and Johnny Tapia took place on at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 168 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Barrera has a significantly longer reach of 178 cm, which is 13 cms longer than Tapia's 165 cm. Barrera also has a 13 cm ape index advantage over Tapia.

Barrera is coming in to this fight with a record of 55-3 (39 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Érik Morales, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Érik Morales' boxing career

Tapia comes in with a record of 52-2-2 (28 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 6 days ago against Manuel Medina, which he won via 12 round majority decision.

Manuel Medina's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Barrera will be 28 years and 9 months old. Tapia will be 35 years and 8 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 59-41 in favor of Marco Antonio Barrera. Here is the prediction for Barrera vs Tapia.

The chances of Marco Antonio Barrera winning this fight is much higher. However, Johnny Tapia still cannot be counted out.

Result

Marco Antonio Barrera defeated Johnny Tapia via 12 round UD. Tapia's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Barrera advances his win streak to 7. Barrera is now 56-3, and Tapia 52-3-2.

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