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Joshua vs. Molina: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Anthony Joshua (AJ) defends his IBF heavyweight title against Éric Molina (Drummer Boy). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
27
Oct 5, 2013
17-0
2
17 (100%)
198 cm
208 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Jun 25, 2016
5m, 15d
17
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
34
Mar 17, 2007
25-3
1
19 (67.9%)
193 cm
201 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Apr 2, 2016
8m, 8d
2
IBF
HV
w1
d1
heavyweight
Saturday, 10 Dec 2016
Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-26
Anthony Joshua vs. Éric Molina

Date

This fight between Anthony Joshua and Éric Molina took place on at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Anthony Joshua is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Éric Molina is 193 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 208 cm, Joshua also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Molina's 201 cm. On top of that, Joshua also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Molina.

Joshua is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 17-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 15 days ago against Dominic Breazeale, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Dominic Breazeale's boxing career

Molina comes in with a record of 25-3 (19 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 8 days ago against Tomasz Adamek, which he won via 10th round KO.

Tomasz Adamek's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Joshua will be 27 years and 1 month old. Molina will be 34 years and 7 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 69-31 in favor of Anthony Joshua. Here is the prediction for Joshua vs Molina.

Anthony Joshua should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Éric Molina to win this one.

Result

Anthony Joshua defeated Éric Molina via 3rd round TKO to retain the IBF heavyweight title. Molina's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Joshua advances his win streak to 18. Joshua is now 18-0, and Molina 25-4.

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