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

William Joppy and Jermain Taylor (Bad Intentions) are scheduled to meet in a middleweight bout on at the Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
34
Feb 26, 1993
34-3-1
14
25 (65.8%)
175 cm
184 cm
9 cm
Orthodox
Dec 13, 2003
11m, 21d
-1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Jan 27, 2001
21-0
0
16 (76.2%)
185 cm
198 cm
13 cm
Orthodox
Jun 19, 2004
5m, 15d
21
WBA
MD
w3
d8
middleweight
Saturday, 4 Dec 2004
Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
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William Joppy vs. Jermain Taylor

Date

This fight between William Joppy and Jermain Taylor took place on 4 December, 2004 at the Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Jermain Taylor is the taller of the two by 10 cms; William Joppy is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Taylor also has a significant reach advantage of 14 cms over Joppy's 184 cm. On top of that, Taylor also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Joppy.

Joppy is coming in to this fight with a record of 34-3-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 21 days ago against Bernard Hopkins, which he lost via 12 round unanimous decision.

Bernard Hopkins' boxing career

Taylor comes in with an undefeated record of 21-0 (16 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 15 days ago against Raúl Márquez, which he won via 9th round RTD.

Raúl Márquez' boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Joppy will be 34 years and 2 months old. Taylor will be 26 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 75-25 in favor of Jermain Taylor. Here is the prediction for Joppy vs Taylor.

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

Result

Jermain Taylor defeated William Joppy via 12 round UD. Joppy's losing streak continues, and Taylor advances his win streak to 22. Taylor is now 22-0, and Joppy 34-4-1.

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