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Donaire vs. Mthalane: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Nonito Donaire (The Filipino Flash) defends his IBF flyweight title against Moruti Mthalane (Babyface). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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25
Feb 22, 2001
19-1
2
12 (60%)
168 cm
173 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Dec 1, 2007
11m
18
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Dec 10, 2000
23-1
0
15 (62.5%)
166 cm
169 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Jul 5, 2008
3m, 27d
9
IBF
FL
w1
d1
flyweight
Saturday, 1 Nov 2008
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Nonito Donaire vs. Moruti Mthalane

Date

This fight between Nonito Donaire and Moruti Mthalane took place on at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 168 cm, Nonito Donaire is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Moruti Mthalane is 166 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 173 cm, Donaire also has reach advantage of 4 cms over Mthalane's 169 cm. On top of that, Donaire also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Mthalane.

Donaire is coming in to this fight with a record of 19-1 (12 KOs). His last fight was 11 months ago against Luis Maldonado, which he won via 8th round TKO.

Luis Maldonado's boxing career

Mthalane comes in with a record of 23-1 (15 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 27 days ago against Hussein Hussein, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Donaire will be 25 years and 11 months old. Mthalane will be 26 years 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 63-37 in favor of Nonito Donaire. Here is the prediction for Donaire vs Mthalane.

Nonito Donaire is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Moruti Mthalane puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Nonito Donaire defeated Moruti Mthalane via 6th round TKO. Mthalane's 9 fight win streak comes to an end, and Donaire advances his win streak to 19. Donaire is now 20-1, and Mthalane 23-2.

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