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Ali vs. Vargas: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Sadam Ali (World Kid) and Jessie Vargas (La Nueva Generación) fight for the vacant WBO welterweight title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

27
Jan 17, 2009
22-0
0
13 (59.1%)
173 cm
185 cm
12 cm
Orthodox
Apr 25, 2015
10m, 9d
22
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Sep 5, 2008
26-1
3
9 (33.3%)
180 cm
178 cm
-2 cm
Orthodox
Jun 27, 2015
8m, 7d
-1
WBA
sLT
w1
d2
welterweight
Saturday, 5 Mar 2016
D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., U.S.
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Sadam Ali vs. Jessie Vargas

Date

This fight between Sadam Ali and Jessie Vargas took place on at the D.C. Armory, Washington, D.C., U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Jessie Vargas is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Sadam Ali is 173 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Ali has a nice longer reach of 185 cm, which is 7 cms longer than Vargas' 178 cm. Ali also has a 14 cm ape index advantage over Vargas.

Ali is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 22-0 (13 KOs). His last fight was 10 months and 9 days ago against Francisco Santana, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Vargas comes in with a record of 26-1 (9 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 7 days ago against Timothy Bradley, which he lost via 12 round unanimous decision.

Timothy Bradley's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Ali will be 27 years and 5 months old. Vargas will be 26 years and 9 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 a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for Ali vs Vargas.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe Sadam Ali wins?

Result

Jessie Vargas defeated Sadam Ali via 9th round TKO to win the vacant WBO welterweight title. Ali's undefeated record of 22 wins comes to an end, and Vargas gets on a new winning streak. Vargas is now 27-1, and Ali 22-1.

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