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Hopkins vs. Joppy: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Bernard Hopkins (The Executioner) defends his middleweight WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring belts against William Joppy. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

38
Oct 11, 1988
42-2-1
18
31 (68.9%)
185 cm
191 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Mar 29, 2003
8m, 14d
16
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
33
Feb 26, 1993
34-2-1
13
25 (67.6%)
175 cm
184 cm
9 cm
Orthodox
Oct 10, 2002
1y, 2m, 3d
2
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
MD
w1
d2
MD
w1
d3
MD
w1
d15
MD
w1
d2
WBA
MD
w3
d8
middleweight
Saturday, 13 Dec 2003
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Bernard Hopkins vs. William Joppy

Date

This fight between Bernard Hopkins and William Joppy took place on at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Bernard Hopkins is the taller of the two by 10 cms; William Joppy is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Hopkins also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Joppy's 184 cm. Joppy has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Hopkins.

Hopkins is coming in to this fight with a record of 42-2-1 (31 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 14 days ago against Morrade Hakkar, which he won via 8th round RTD.

Joppy comes in with a record of 34-2-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 2 months, and 3 days ago against Naotaka Hozumi, which he won via 10th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Hopkins will be 38 years and 10 months old. Joppy will be 33 years and 3 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 69-31 in favor of Bernard Hopkins. Here is the prediction for Hopkins vs Joppy.

Bernard Hopkins should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for William Joppy to win this one.

Result

Bernard Hopkins defeated William Joppy via 12 round UD to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles. Joppy's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Hopkins advances his win streak to 17. Hopkins is now 43-2-1, and Joppy 34-3-1.

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