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Abraham vs. Simon: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Arthur Abraham (King Arthur) defends his IBF middleweight title against Lajuan Simon. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
29
Aug 16, 2003
28-0
9
23 (82.1%)
175 cm
183 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Nov 8, 2008
4m, 6d
28
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Sep 7, 2002
21-0-2
0
12 (52.2%)
185 cm
185 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 5, 2008
3m, 9d
8
IBF
MD
w1
d8
middleweight
Saturday, 14 Mar 2009
Ostseehalle, Kiel, Germany
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Arthur Abraham vs. Lajuan Simon

Date

This fight between Arthur Abraham and Lajuan Simon took place on at the Ostseehalle, Kiel, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Lajuan Simon is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Arthur Abraham is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Simon also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Abraham's 183 cm. Abraham has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Simon.

Abraham is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 28-0 (23 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 6 days ago against Raúl Márquez, which he won via 6th round RTD.

Raúl Márquez' boxing career

Simon also comes in with an undefeated record of 21-0-2 (12 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 9 days ago against Jose Spearman, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Abraham will be 29 years old. Simon will be 30 years 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 60-40 in favor of Arthur Abraham. Here is the prediction for Abraham vs Simon.

Arthur Abraham is likely to win. Unless Lajuan Simon puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Arthur Abraham defeated Lajuan Simon via 12 round UD to retain the IBF middleweight title. Simon's undefeated record comes to an end, and Abraham advances his win streak to 29. Abraham is now 29-0, and Simon 21-1-2.

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