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Edwin Valero (El Inca) defends his WBC lightweight title against Héctor Velázquez (Charro Negro). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBA | WBC |
|---|---|
| LT w1 | |
| sFT w1 d4 |
This fight between Edwin Valero and Héctor Velázquez took place on at the Polideportivo José María Vargas, La Guaira, Venezuela.
At 170 cm, Héctor Velázquez is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Edwin Valero is 168 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Valero has longer reach of 175 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Velázquez' 170 cm. Valero also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Velázquez.
Valero is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 25-0 (25 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 15 days ago against Antonio Pitalúa, which he won via 2nd round TKO.
Velázquez comes in with a record of 51-13-2 (35 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 29 days ago against Joksan Hernandez, which he lost via 12 round majority decision.
Edwin Valero fights out of the southpaw stance, while Héctor Velázquez fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Valero will be 28 years old. Velázquez will be 34 years and 9 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 79-21 in favor of Edwin Valero. Here is the prediction for Valero vs Velázquez.
Edwin Valero defeated Héctor Velázquez via 7th round RTD to retain the WBC lightweight title. Velázquez' losing streak continues, and Valero advances his win streak to 26. Valero is now 26-0, and Velázquez 51-14-2.