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

Cory Spinks (The Next Generation) challenges Jermain Taylor's (Bad Intentions) WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight belts. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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Nov 21, 1997
36-3
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11 (28.2%)
177 cm
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3 cm
Southpaw
Feb 3, 2007
3m, 16d
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28
Jan 27, 2001
26-0-1
4
17 (63%)
185 cm
198 cm
13 cm
Orthodox
Dec 9, 2006
5m, 10d
1
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middleweight
Saturday, 19 May 2007
FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-28
Cory Spinks vs. Jermain Taylor

Date

This fight between Cory Spinks and Jermain Taylor took place on at the FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Jermain Taylor is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Cory Spinks is 177 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Taylor also has a significant reach advantage of 18 cms over Spinks' 180 cm. On top of that, Taylor also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Spinks.

Spinks is coming in to this fight with a record of 36-3 (11 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 16 days ago against Rodney Jones, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Taylor comes in with an undefeated record of 26-0-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 10 days ago against Kassim Ouma, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Kassim Ouma's boxing career

Cory Spinks fights out of the southpaw stance, while Jermain Taylor fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Spinks will be 29 years and 2 months old. Taylor will be 28 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 81-19 in favor of Jermain Taylor. Here is the prediction for Spinks vs Taylor.

Jermain Taylor should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Cory Spinks to win this one.

Result

Jermain Taylor defeated Cory Spinks via 12 round SD. Spinks' 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Taylor advances his win streak to 2. Taylor is now 27-0-1, and Spinks 36-4.

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