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

Arthur Abraham (King Arthur) defends his IBF middleweight title against Shannan Taylor (The Bulli Blaster). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

26
Aug 16, 2003
19-0
1
17 (89.5%)
175 cm
183 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Dec 10, 2005
2m, 22d
19
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
33
Jul 10, 1992
42-4-2
0
28 (58.3%)
178 cm
178 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Nov 27, 2005
3m, 5d
-1
IBF
MD
w1
middleweight
Saturday, 4 Mar 2006
Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg, Germany
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Arthur Abraham vs. Shannan Taylor

Date

This fight between Arthur Abraham and Shannan Taylor took place on at the Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 178 cm, Shannan Taylor is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Arthur Abraham is 175 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Abraham has longer reach of 183 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Taylor's 178 cm. Abraham also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Taylor.

Abraham is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 19-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 22 days ago against Kingsley Ikeke, which he won via 5th round KO.

Taylor comes in with a record of 42-4-2 (28 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 5 days ago against Raymond Joval, which he lost via 10th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Abraham will be 26 years old. Taylor will be 33 years and 9 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 61-39 in favor of Arthur Abraham. Here is the prediction for Abraham vs Taylor.

Arthur Abraham is likely to win. Unless Shannan Taylor puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Arthur Abraham defeated Shannan Taylor via 12 round UD to retain the IBF middleweight title. Taylor's losing streak continues, and Abraham advances his win streak to 20. Abraham is now 20-0, and Taylor 42-5-2.

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