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Masoe vs. Sturm: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Maselino Masoe defends his WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Felix Sturm (The Fighter). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

39
Mar 30, 1997
26-2
1
25 (89.3%)
173 cm
173 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
May 1, 2004
1y, 10m, 10d
8
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Jan 27, 2001
24-1
3
11 (44%)
181 cm
185 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Jun 18, 2005
8m, 21d
4
WBA
MD
w1
WBO
MD
w1
d1
middleweight
Saturday, 11 Mar 2006
Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
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Maselino Masoe vs. Felix Sturm

Date

This fight between Maselino Masoe and Felix Sturm took place on at the Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 181 cm, Felix Sturm is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Maselino Masoe is 173 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Sturm also has a significant reach advantage of 12 cms over Masoe's 173 cm. On top of that, Sturm also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Masoe.

Masoe is coming in to this fight with a record of 26-2 (25 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 10 months, and 10 days ago against Evans Ashira, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Sturm comes in with a record of 24-1 (11 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 21 days ago against Jorge Sendra, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Masoe will be 39 years and 9 months old. Sturm will be 27 years and 1 month 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 69-31 in favor of Felix Sturm. Here is the prediction for Masoe vs Sturm.

Felix Sturm should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Maselino Masoe to win this one.

Result

Felix Sturm defeated Maselino Masoe via 12 round UD to win the WBA middleweight title. Masoe's 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Sturm advances his win streak to 5. Sturm is now 25-1, and Masoe 26-3.

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