Lemieux vs. Tapia: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Date

This fight between David Lemieux and Glen Tapia took place on 7 May, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Glen Tapia is the taller of the two by 5 cms; David Lemieux is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, Tapia also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Lemieux's 178 cm. On top of that, Tapia also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Lemieux.

Lemieux is coming in to this fight with a record of 34-3 (31 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 20 days ago against Gennady Golovkin, which he lost via 8th round TKO.

Tapia comes in with a record of 23-2 (15 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 29 days ago against Michel Soro, which he lost via 4th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Lemieux will be 27 years and 4 months old. Tapia will be 26 years and 4 months old.

Prediction and Odds

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Glen Tapia. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Lemieux vs Tapia.