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Inoue vs. Kono: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Naoya Inoue (The Monster) defends his WBO super-flyweight title against Kohei Kono (Tough Boy). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

23
Oct 2, 2012
11-0
6
9 (81.8%)
165 cm
171 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Sep 4, 2016
3m, 26d
11
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
36
Nov 22, 2000
32-9-1
9
13 (31%)
166 cm
170 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Aug 31, 2016
3m, 30d
-1
WBCWBO
sFL
w1
d3
lFL
w1
d1
WBA
sFL
w2
d3
super-flyweight
Friday, 30 Dec 2016
Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
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Naoya Inoue vs. Kohei Kono

Date

This fight between Naoya Inoue and Kohei Kono took place on at the Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 166 cm, Kohei Kono is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Naoya Inoue is 165 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Inoue has longer reach of 171 cm, which is 1 cm longer than Kono's 170 cm. Inoue also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Kono.

Inoue is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 11-0 (9 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 26 days ago against Petchbarngborn Kokietgym, which he won via 10th round TKO.

Petchbarngborn Kokietgym's boxing career

Kono comes in with a record of 32-9-1 (13 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 30 days ago against Luis Concepción, which he lost via 12 round unanimous decision.

Luis Concepción's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Inoue will be 23 years and 8 months old. Kono will be 36 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 76-24 in favor of Naoya Inoue. Here is the prediction for Inoue vs Kono.

Naoya Inoue should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Kohei Kono to win this one.

Result

Naoya Inoue defeated Kohei Kono via 6th round TKO. Kono's losing streak continues, and Inoue advances his win streak to 12. Inoue is now 12-0, and Kono 32-10-1.

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