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Díaz vs. Cotto: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Juan Díaz (Baby Bull) defends his WBA lightweight title against José Miguel Cotto. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

22
Jun 23, 2000
28-0
3
14 (50%)
168 cm
170 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Jul 16, 2005
8m, 23d
28
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Dec 13, 1996
27-0
0
19 (70.4%)
166 cm
166 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Jan 20, 2006
2m, 19d
27
WBA
LT
w1
d2
lightweight
Saturday, 8 Apr 2006
Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
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Juan Díaz vs. José Cotto

Date

This fight between Juan Díaz and José Cotto took place on at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas.

Tale of the Tape

At 168 cm, Juan Díaz is the taller of the two by 2 cms; José Cotto is 166 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 170 cm, Díaz also has reach advantage of 4 cms over Cotto's 166 cm. On top of that, Díaz also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Cotto.

Díaz is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 28-0 (14 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 23 days ago against Arthur Cruz, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Cotto also comes in with an undefeated record of 27-0 (19 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 19 days ago against Ubaldo Hernandez, which he won via 7th round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Díaz will be 22 years and 6 months old. Cotto will be 28 years and 9 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 58-42 in favor of Juan Díaz. Here is the prediction for Díaz vs Cotto.

The chances of Juan Díaz winning this fight is much higher. However, José Cotto still cannot be counted out.

Result

Juan Díaz defeated José Cotto via 12 round UD. Cotto's undefeated record of 27 wins comes to an end, and Díaz advances his win streak to 29. Díaz is now 29-0, and Cotto 27-1.

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