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Mercer vs. Briggs: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Ray Mercer and Shannon Briggs (The Cannon) are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

44
Feb 24, 1989
34-5-1
3
25 (62.5%)
185 cm
196 cm
11 cm
Orthodox
Jun 24, 2005
2m, 2d
4
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
33
Jul 24, 1992
42-4-1
1
36 (76.6%)
193 cm
203 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Jun 10, 2005
2m, 16d
6
WBO
HV
w1
d1
Friday, 26 Aug 2005
Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
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Ray Mercer vs. Shannon Briggs

Date

This fight between Ray Mercer and Shannon Briggs took place on 26 August, 2005 at the Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 193 cm, Shannon Briggs is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Ray Mercer is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 203 cm, Briggs also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Mercer's 196 cm. Mercer has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Briggs.

Mercer is coming in to this fight with a record of 34-5-1 (25 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 2 days ago against Darroll Wilson, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Briggs comes in with a record of 42-4-1 (36 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 16 days ago against Abraham Okine, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Mercer will be 44 years and 4 months old. Briggs will be 33 years and 8 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 64-36 in favor of Shannon Briggs. Here is the prediction for Mercer vs Briggs.

Shannon Briggs is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Ray Mercer puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Shannon Briggs defeated Ray Mercer via 7th round KO. Mercer's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Briggs advances his win streak to 7. Briggs is now 43-4-1, and Mercer 34-6-1.

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