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Indongo vs. Burns: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In a unification world title fight, Julius Indongo (Blue Machine) and Ricky Burns (The Rickster) put their super-lightweight belts on the line. Indongo brings the IBF belt. Burns brings the WBA belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
34
Jul 25, 2009
21-0
1
11 (52.4%)
179 cm
182 cm
3 cm
Southpaw
Dec 3, 2016
4m, 12d
21
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
34
Oct 20, 2001
41-5-1
11
14 (29.8%)
175 cm
178 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Oct 7, 2016
6m, 8d
4
IBF
sLT
w1
WBAWBO
sLT
w1
d1
LT
e1
d4
sFT
w1
d3
super-lightweight
Saturday, 15 Apr 2017
The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
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Julius Indongo vs. Ricky Burns

Date

This fight between Julius Indongo and Ricky Burns took place on at the The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Julius Indongo is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Ricky Burns is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 182 cm, Indongo also has reach advantage of 4 cms over Burns' 178 cm. They have the same ape index of 3 cm.

Indongo is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 21-0 (11 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 12 days ago against Eduard Troyanovsky, which he won via 1st round KO.

Eduard Troyanovsky's boxing career

Burns comes in with a record of 41-5-1 (14 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 8 days ago against Kiryl Relikh, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Kiryl Relikh's boxing career

Julius Indongo fights out of the southpaw stance, while Ricky Burns fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Indongo will be 34 years and 2 months old. Burns will be 34 years 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 58-42 in favor of Julius Indongo. Here is the prediction for Indongo vs Burns.

The chances of Julius Indongo winning this fight is much higher. However, Ricky Burns still cannot be counted out.

Result

Julius Indongo defeated Ricky Burns via 12 round UD to win the WBA (Unified) super-lightweight title and retain the IBF super-lightweight title. Burns' 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Indongo advances his win streak to 22. Indongo is now 22-0, and Burns 41-6-1.

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