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Klitschko vs. Gómez: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Vitali Klitschko (Dr. Ironfist) defends his WBC heavyweight title against Juan Carlos Gómez (Pantera Negra). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

37
Nov 16, 1996
36-2
8
35 (92.1%)
201 cm
201 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Oct 11, 2008
5m, 10d
4
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
35
May 20, 1995
44-1
11
35 (77.8%)
192 cm
204 cm
12 cm
Southpaw
Sep 27, 2008
5m, 22d
7
WBCWBOTheRing
HV
w2
d1
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d1
WBC
CR
w1
d10
heavyweight
Saturday, 21 Mar 2009
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
v0.1.9-beta 2024-03-28
Vitali Klitschko vs. Juan Carlos Gómez

Date

This fight between Vitali Klitschko and Juan Carlos Gómez took place on at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 201 cm, Vitali Klitschko is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Juan Carlos Gómez is 192 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Gómez has longer reach of 204 cm, which is 3 cms longer than Klitschko's 201 cm. Gómez also has a 12 cm ape index advantage over Klitschko.

Klitschko is coming in to this fight with a record of 36-2 (35 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 10 days ago against Samuel Peter, which he won via 8th round RTD.

Samuel Peter's boxing career

Gómez comes in with a record of 44-1 (35 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 22 days ago against Volodymyr Virchis, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Volodymyr Virchis' boxing career

Vitali Klitschko fights out of the orthodox stance, while Juan Carlos Gómez fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Klitschko will be 37 years and 8 months old. Gómez will be 35 years and 7 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 51-49 in favor of Vitali Klitschko. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Klitschko vs Gómez.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Vitali Klitschko may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Gómez stops Klitschko early.

Result

Vitali Klitschko defeated Juan Carlos Gómez via 9th round TKO. Gómez' 7 fight win streak comes to an end, and Klitschko advances his win streak to 5. Klitschko is now 37-2, and Gómez 44-2.

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