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Felix Sturm (The Fighter) defends his WBA (Super) middleweight title against Matthew Macklin (Mack the Knife). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBA | WBO |
|---|---|
| MD w2 d9 | MD w1 d1 |
This fight between Felix Sturm and Matthew Macklin took place on at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany.
At 181 cm, Felix Sturm is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Matthew Macklin is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Sturm also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Macklin's 180 cm. On top of that, Sturm also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Macklin.
Sturm is coming in to this fight with a record of 35-2-1 (15 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 6 days ago against Ronald Hearns, which he won via 7th round TKO.
Macklin comes in with a record of 28-2 (19 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 14 days ago against Ruben Varon, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Sturm will be 32 years and 4 months old. Macklin will be 29 years and 1 month old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 59-41 in favor of Felix Sturm. Here is the prediction for Sturm vs Macklin.
Felix Sturm defeated Matthew Macklin via 12 round SD to retain the WBA (Super) middleweight title. Macklin's 11 fight win streak comes to an end, and Sturm advances his win streak to 8. Sturm is now 36-2-1, and Macklin 28-3.