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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.
WBA | WBC | IBF | TheRing |
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MD w1 d2 | MD w1 d3 | MD w1 d15 | MD w1 d2 |
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MD w3 d8 |
This fight between Bernard Hopkins and William Joppy took place on at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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.
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 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.