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Vargas vs. Rios: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Rey Vargas defends his WBC super-bantamweight title against Ronny Rios. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

26
Apr 10, 2010
29-0
1
22 (75.9%)
178 cm
182 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Feb 25, 2017
6m, 1d
29
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Oct 24, 2008
28-1
0
13 (44.8%)
171 cm
170 cm
-1 cm
Orthodox
May 6, 2017
3m, 20d
5
WBC
sBT
w1
super-bantamweight
Saturday, 26 Aug 2017
StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-26
Rey Vargas vs. Ronny Rios

Date

This fight between Rey Vargas and Ronny Rios took place on at the StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 178 cm, Rey Vargas is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Ronny Rios is 171 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 182 cm, Vargas also has a significant reach advantage of 12 cms over Rios' 170 cm. On top of that, Vargas also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Rios.

Vargas is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 29-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 1 day ago against Gavin McDonnell, which he won via 12 round majority decision.

Rios comes in with a record of 28-1 (13 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 20 days ago against Daniel Noriega, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Vargas will be 26 years and 9 months old. Rios will be 27 years and 7 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 60-40 in favor of Rey Vargas. Here is the prediction for Vargas vs Rios.

Rey Vargas is likely to win. Unless Ronny Rios puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Rey Vargas defeated Ronny Rios via 12 round UD to retain the WBC super-bantamweight title. Rios' 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Vargas advances his win streak to 30. Vargas is now 30-0, and Rios 28-2.

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