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Sturm vs. Murray: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Felix Sturm (The Fighter) defends his WBA (Super) middleweight title against Martin Murray. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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32
Jan 27, 2001
36-2-1
16
15 (38.5%)
181 cm
185 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Jun 25, 2011
5m, 7d
8
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Sep 22, 2007
23-0
0
10 (43.5%)
183 cm
185 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Jun 18, 2011
5m, 14d
23
WBAWBO
MD
w2
d10
MD
w1
d1
middleweight
Friday, 2 Dec 2011
SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany
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Felix Sturm vs. Martin Murray

Date

This fight between Felix Sturm and Martin Murray took place on at the SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 183 cm, Martin Murray is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Felix Sturm is 181 cm. The fighters have the same reach of 185 cm. Sturm has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Murray.

Sturm is coming in to this fight with a record of 36-2-1 (15 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 7 days ago against Matthew Macklin, which he won via 12 round split decision.

Matthew Macklin's boxing career

Murray comes in with an undefeated record of 23-0 (10 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 14 days ago against Nick Blackwell, which he won via 5th round RTD.

Nick Blackwell's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Sturm will be 32 years and 10 months old. Murray will be 29 years and 2 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Martin Murray. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Sturm vs Murray.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Martin Murray may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Sturm stops Murray early.

Result

The fight ended in a 12 round draw. Both the boxers retained their titles and added a draw to their respective records. Sturm is now 36-2-2, and Murray 23-0-1.

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