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Mayweather Jr. vs. Sosa: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Money) defends his WBC and The Ring lightweight titles against Victoriano Sosa (El Santico). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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26
Oct 11, 1996
29-0
11
20 (69%)
173 cm
183 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Dec 7, 2002
4m, 12d
29
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Jan 30, 1995
35-2-2
2
26 (66.7%)
175 cm
175 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Feb 21, 2003
1m, 29d
1
WBCTheRing
LT
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d1
LT
w1
d1
sFT
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d8
WBC
LT
w1
lightweight
Saturday, 19 Apr 2003
Selland Arena, Fresno, California, U.S.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victoriano Sosa

Date

This fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Victoriano Sosa took place on at the Selland Arena, Fresno, California, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 175 cm, Victoriano Sosa is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Floyd Mayweather Jr. is 173 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Mayweather Jr. has a nice longer reach of 183 cm, which is 8 cms longer than Sosa's 175 cm. Mayweather Jr. also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Sosa.

Mayweather Jr. is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 29-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 12 days ago against José Luis Castillo, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

José Luis Castillo's boxing career

Sosa comes in with a record of 35-2-2 (26 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 29 days ago against Luis Sosa, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Mayweather Jr. will be 26 years and 1 month old. Sosa will be 29 years 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 64-36 in favor of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Here is the prediction for Mayweather Jr. vs Sosa.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Victoriano Sosa puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Victoriano Sosa via 12 round UD to retain the WBC and The Ring lightweight titles. Sosa's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Mayweather Jr. advances his win streak to 30. Mayweather Jr. is now 30-0, and Sosa 35-3-2.

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