Ortiz vs. Maidana: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Date

This fight between Victor Ortiz and Marcos Maidana took place on 27 June, 2009 at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 175 cm, Victor Ortiz is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Marcos Maidana is 171 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 178 cm, Ortiz also has reach advantage of 3 cms over Maidana's 175 cm. Maidana has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Ortiz.

Ortiz is coming in to this fight with a record of 24-1-1 (19 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 20 days ago against Mike Arnaoutis, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Maidana comes in with a record of 25-1 (24 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 20 days ago against Andreas Kotelnik, which he lost via 12 round split decision.

Victor Ortiz fights out of the southpaw stance, while Marcos Maidana fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Ortiz will be 22 years and 4 months old. Maidana will be 25 years and 11 months old.

Prediction and Odds

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Victor Ortiz. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Ortiz vs Maidana.