In a unification world title fight, Devon Alexander (The Great) and Juan Urango (Iron Twin) put their super-lightweight belts on the line. Alexander brings the IBF belt. Urango brings the WBC belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Devon Alexander and Juan Urango took place on at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Montville, Connecticut, U.S.
At 174 cm, Devon Alexander is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Juan Urango is 170 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Urango has longer reach of 180 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Alexander's 175 cm. Urango also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Alexander.
Alexander is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 19-0 (12 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 5 days ago against Junior Witter, which he won via 8th round RTD.
Urango comes in with a record of 22-2-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 6 days ago against Randall Bailey, which he won via 11th round TKO.Both the fighters fight out of the southpaw stance.
On the day of the fight, Alexander will be 23 years old. Urango will be 29 years and 5 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Devon Alexander. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Alexander vs. Urango.
Devon Alexander defeated Juan Urango via 8th round TKO to win the IBF super-lightweight title and retain the WBC super-lightweight title. Urango's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Alexander advances his win streak to 20. Alexander is now 20-0, and Urango 22-3-1.