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Hopkins vs. Murat: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Bernard Hopkins (The Executioner) defends his IBF light-heavyweight title against Karo Murat. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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48
Oct 11, 1988
53-6-2
31
32 (52.5%)
185 cm
191 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Mar 9, 2013
7m, 17d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Sep 23, 2006
25-1-1
0
15 (55.6%)
179 cm
178 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
Jun 2, 2012
1y, 4m, 24d
1
WBAWBCIBFWBOTheRing
lHV
w1
lHV
w1
lHV
w2
d1
MD
w1
d6
MD
w1
d7
MD
w1
d19
MD
w1
d1
MD
w1
d6
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 26 Oct 2013
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Bernard Hopkins vs. Karo Murat

Date

This fight between Bernard Hopkins and Karo Murat took place on at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 185 cm, Bernard Hopkins is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Karo Murat is 179 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Hopkins also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Murat's 178 cm. On top of that, Hopkins also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Murat.

Hopkins is coming in to this fight with a record of 53-6-2 (32 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 17 days ago against Tavoris Cloud, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Tavoris Cloud's boxing career

Murat comes in with a record of 25-1-1 (15 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 4 months, and 24 days ago against Sandro Siproshvili, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Hopkins will be 48 years and 9 months old. Murat will be 30 years and 1 month 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 64-36 in favor of Bernard Hopkins. Here is the prediction for Hopkins vs Murat.

Bernard Hopkins is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Karo Murat puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Bernard Hopkins defeated Karo Murat via 12 round UD to retain the IBF light-heavyweight title. Murat's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Hopkins advances his win streak to 2. Hopkins is now 54-6-2, and Murat 25-2-1.

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