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In a unification world title fight, Joe Calzaghe (The Pride of Wales) and Jeff Lacy (Left Hook) put their super-middleweight belts on the line. Calzaghe brings the WBO belt. Lacy brings the IBF belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBO |
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| sMD w1 d17 |
| IBF |
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| sMD w1 d4 |
This fight between Joe Calzaghe and Jeff Lacy took place on at the MEN Arena, Manchester, England.
At 183 cm, Joe Calzaghe is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Jeff Lacy is 179 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Lacy has longer reach of 188 cm, which is 3 cms longer than Calzaghe's 185 cm. Lacy also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Calzaghe.
Calzaghe is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 40-0 (31 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 22 days ago against Evans Ashira, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Lacy also comes in with an undefeated record of 21-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 27 days ago against Scott Pemberton, which he won via 2nd round KO.
Joe Calzaghe fights out of the southpaw stance, while Jeff Lacy fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Calzaghe will be 33 years and 11 months old. Lacy will be 28 years and 9 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Joe Calzaghe. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Calzaghe vs Lacy.
Joe Calzaghe defeated Jeff Lacy via 12 round UD. Lacy's undefeated record of 21 wins comes to an end, and Calzaghe advances his win streak to 41. Calzaghe is now 41-0, and Lacy 21-1.