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Taguchi vs. Cañizales: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Ryoichi Taguchi defends his WBA light-flyweight title against Carlos Cañizales (CCC). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

30
Jul 19, 2006
25-2-1
5
11 (39.3%)
168 cm
170 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Aug 31, 2016
4m
7
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
23
Jul 4, 2014
16-0
0
13 (81.3%)
160 cm
164 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Oct 1, 2016
2m, 30d
16
WBA
lFL
w1
d4
light-flyweight
Saturday, 31 Dec 2016
Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
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Ryoichi Taguchi vs. Carlos Cañizales

Date

This fight between Ryoichi Taguchi and Carlos Cañizales took place on at the Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 168 cm, Ryoichi Taguchi is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Carlos Cañizales is 160 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 170 cm, Taguchi also has a good reach advantage of 6 cms over Cañizales' 164 cm. Cañizales has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Taguchi.

Taguchi is coming in to this fight with a record of 25-2-1 (11 KOs). His last fight was 4 months ago against Ryo Miyazaki, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Cañizales comes in with an undefeated record of 16-0 (13 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 30 days ago against Vicente Mirabal, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Taguchi will be 30 years old. Cañizales will be 23 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 52-48 in favor of Ryoichi Taguchi. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Taguchi vs Cañizales.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Ryoichi Taguchi may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Cañizales stops Taguchi early.

Result

The fight ended in a 12 round draw. Both the boxers retained their titles and added a draw to their respective records. Cañizales is now 16-0-1, and Taguchi 25-2-2.

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