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Gatti vs. Leija: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Arturo Gatti (Thunder) defends his WBC super-lightweight title against Jesse James Leija (The Texas Tornado). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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32
Jun 10, 1991
38-6
6
29 (65.9%)
173 cm
178 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Jul 24, 2004
6m, 5d
4
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Debut
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Title Fights
KOs
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Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
38
Oct 2, 1988
47-6-2
7
19 (34.5%)
165 cm
170 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Jul 24, 2004
6m, 5d
4
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sLT
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d1
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WBC
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super-lightweight
Saturday, 29 Jan 2005
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Arturo Gatti vs. Jesse James Leija

Date

This fight between Arturo Gatti and Jesse James Leija took place on at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Arturo Gatti is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Jesse James Leija is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 178 cm, Gatti also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Leija's 170 cm. They have the same ape index of 5 cm.

Gatti is coming in to this fight with a record of 38-6 (29 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 5 days ago against Leonard Doroftei, which he won via 2nd round KO.

Leonard Doroftei's boxing career

Leija comes in with a record of 47-6-2 (19 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 5 days ago against Francisco Bojado, which he won via 10 round split decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Gatti will be 32 years and 9 months old. Leija will be 38 years and 6 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 62-38 in favor of Arturo Gatti. Here is the prediction for Gatti vs Leija.

Arturo Gatti is likely to win. Unless Jesse James Leija puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Arturo Gatti defeated Jesse James Leija via 5th round KO to retain the WBC super-lightweight title. Leija's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Gatti advances his win streak to 5. Gatti is now 39-6, and Leija 47-7-2.

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