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Margarito vs. Williams: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Antonio Margarito (El Tornado de Tijuana) defends his WBO welterweight title against Paul Williams (The Punisher). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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29
Jan 14, 1994
34-4
9
24 (63.2%)
180 cm
185 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Dec 2, 2006
7m, 12d
4
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Jul 21, 2000
32-0
0
24 (75%)
187 cm
201 cm
14 cm
Southpaw
Nov 4, 2006
8m, 10d
32
WBO
WL
w1
d7
welterweight
Saturday, 14 Jul 2007
Home Depot Center, Carson, California, U.S.
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Antonio Margarito vs. Paul Williams

Date

This fight between Antonio Margarito and Paul Williams took place on at the Home Depot Center, Carson, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 187 cm, Paul Williams is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Antonio Margarito is 180 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 201 cm, Williams also has a significant reach advantage of 16 cms over Margarito's 185 cm. On top of that, Williams also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Margarito.

Margarito is coming in to this fight with a record of 34-4 (24 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 12 days ago against Joshua Clottey, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Joshua Clottey's boxing career

Williams comes in with an undefeated record of 32-0 (24 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 10 days ago against Santos Pakau, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Antonio Margarito fights out of the orthodox stance, while Paul Williams fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Margarito will be 29 years and 3 months old. Williams will be 25 years and 11 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 a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for Margarito vs Williams.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe Paul Williams wins?

Result

Paul Williams defeated Antonio Margarito via 12 round UD. Margarito's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Williams advances his win streak to 33. Williams is now 33-0, and Margarito 34-5.

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  4. Paul Williams knocks out Carlos Quintana in the 1st round in their 2nd fight
  5. Paul Williams knocks out Sharmba Mitchell in the 4th round
  6. Antonio Margarito knocks out Kermit Cintrón in the 5th round
  7. Antonio Margarito knocks out Sergio Martínez in the 7th round