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Jirov vs. Toney: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Vassiliy Jirov (The Tiger) defends his IBF cruiserweight title against James Toney. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
29
Jan 18, 1997
31-0
6
27 (87.1%)
188 cm
188 cm
0 cm
Southpaw
Feb 1, 2002
1y, 2m, 25d
31
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
34
Oct 26, 1988
65-4-2
12
42 (59.2%)
178 cm
183 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Aug 18, 2002
8m, 8d
11
IBF
CR
w1
d5
IBF
sMD
w1
d3
MD
w1
d6
cruiserweight
Saturday, 26 Apr 2003
Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.
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Vassiliy Jirov vs. James Toney

Date

This fight between Vassiliy Jirov and James Toney took place on at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 188 cm, Vassiliy Jirov is the taller of the two by 10 cms; James Toney is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 188 cm, Jirov also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Toney's 183 cm. Toney has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Jirov.

Jirov is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 31-0 (27 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 2 months, and 25 days ago against Jorge Castro, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Jorge Castro's boxing career

Toney comes in with a record of 65-4-2 (42 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 8 days ago against Jason Robinson, which he won via 7th round KO.

Vassiliy Jirov fights out of the southpaw stance, while James Toney fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Jirov will be 29 years old. Toney will be 34 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 71-29 in favor of Vassiliy Jirov. Here is the prediction for Jirov vs Toney.

Vassiliy Jirov should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for James Toney to win this one.

Result

James Toney defeated Vassiliy Jirov via 12 round UD to win the IBF cruiserweight title. Jirov's undefeated record of 31 wins comes to an end, and Toney advances his win streak to 12. Toney is now 66-4-2, and Jirov 31-1.

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