Junior Witter (The Hitter) defends his WBC super-lightweight title against Timothy Bradley (Desert Storm). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Junior Witter and Timothy Bradley took place on at the Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England.
At 170 cm, Junior Witter is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Timothy Bradley is 168 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Bradley has longer reach of 175 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Witter's 170 cm. Bradley also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Witter.
Witter is coming in to this fight with a record of 36-1-2 (21 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 3 days ago against Vivian Harris, which he won via 7th round KO.
Bradley comes in with an undefeated record of 21-0 (11 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 13 days ago against Miguel Vázquez, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.
Junior Witter is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Timothy Bradley fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Witter will be 34 years and 2 months old. Bradley will be 24 years and 8 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Junior Witter. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Witter vs Bradley.
Timothy Bradley defeated Junior Witter via 12 round SD. Witter's 21 fight win streak comes to an end, and Bradley advances his win streak to 22. Bradley is now 22-0, and Witter 36-2-2.