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

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

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40
Oct 11, 1988
46-2-1
22
32 (65.3%)
185 cm
191 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Feb 19, 2005
4m, 27d
20
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Jan 27, 2001
23-0
0
17 (73.9%)
185 cm
198 cm
13 cm
Orthodox
Feb 19, 2005
4m, 27d
23
WBAWBCIBFWBOTheRing
MD
w1
d6
MD
w1
d7
MD
w1
d19
MD
w1
d1
MD
w1
d6
middleweight
Saturday, 16 Jul 2005
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor I

Date

This fight between Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor took place on at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Taylor has a nice longer reach of 198 cm, which is 7 cms longer than Hopkins' 191 cm. Taylor also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Hopkins.

Hopkins is coming in to this fight with a record of 46-2-1 (32 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 27 days ago against Howard Eastman, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Howard Eastman's boxing career

Taylor comes in with an undefeated record of 23-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 27 days ago against Daniel Edouard, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Hopkins will be 40 years and 6 months old. Taylor will be 26 years and 11 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 52-48 in favor of Jermain Taylor. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Hopkins vs Taylor.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Jermain Taylor may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Hopkins stops Taylor early.

Result

Jermain Taylor defeated Bernard Hopkins via 12 round SD. Hopkins' 20 fight win streak comes to an end, and Taylor advances his win streak to 24. Taylor is now 24-0, and Hopkins 46-3-1.

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