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Castillo vs. Mayweather Jr II: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

José Luis Castillo (El Temible) challenges Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s (Money) WBC and The Ring lightweight belts. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
28
May 4, 1990
46-5-1
5
42 (80.8%)
171 cm
175 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Aug 3, 2002
4m, 4d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Oct 11, 1996
28-0
10
20 (71.4%)
173 cm
183 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Apr 20, 2002
7m, 17d
28
WBC
LT
w1
d3
WBCTheRing
LT
w1
LT
w1
sFT
w1
d8
lightweight
Saturday, 7 Dec 2002
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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José Luis Castillo vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. II

Date

This fight between José Luis Castillo and Floyd Mayweather Jr. took place on at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the taller of the two by 2 cms; José Luis Castillo is 171 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 183 cm, Mayweather Jr. also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Castillo's 175 cm. On top of that, Mayweather Jr. also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Castillo.

Castillo is coming in to this fight with a record of 46-5-1 (42 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Verdell Smith, which he won via 3rd round KO.

Mayweather Jr. comes in with an undefeated record of 28-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 17 days ago against José Luis Castillo, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

José Luis Castillo's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Castillo will be 28 years and 11 months old. Mayweather Jr. will be 25 years and 9 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 a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for Castillo vs Mayweather Jr II.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe José Luis Castillo wins?

Result

Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated José Luis Castillo via 12 round UD to retain the WBC and The Ring lightweight titles. Castillo's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Mayweather Jr. advances his win streak to 29. Mayweather Jr. is now 29-0, and Castillo 46-6-1.

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