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Melindo vs. Budler: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Milan Melindo (El Metodico) defends his IBF light-flyweight title against Hekkie Budler (The Hexecutioner). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
29
Sep 17, 2005
36-2
3
13 (34.2%)
157 cm
166 cm
9 cm
Orthodox
May 21, 2017
3m, 26d
4
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Jul 5, 2007
31-2
6
10 (30.3%)
160 cm
165 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Feb 4, 2017
7m, 12d
2
IBF
lFL
w1
WBA
ST
w1
d4
light-flyweight
Saturday, 16 Sep 2017
Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Cebu City, Philippines
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Milan Melindo vs. Hekkie Budler

Date

This fight between Milan Melindo and Hekkie Budler took place on at the Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Cebu City, Philippines.

Tale of the Tape

At 160 cm, Hekkie Budler is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Milan Melindo is 157 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Melindo has longer reach of 166 cm, which is 1 cm longer than Budler's 165 cm. Melindo also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Budler.

Melindo is coming in to this fight with a record of 36-2 (13 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 26 days ago against Akira Yaegashi, which he won via 1st round TKO.

Akira Yaegashi's boxing career

Budler comes in with a record of 31-2 (10 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 12 days ago against Joey Canoy, which he won via 8th round RTD.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Melindo will be 29 years and 6 months old. Budler will be 29 years and 3 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 51-49 in favor of Milan Melindo. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Melindo vs Budler.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Milan Melindo may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Budler stops Melindo early.

Result

Milan Melindo defeated Hekkie Budler via 12 round SD. Budler's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Melindo advances his win streak to 5. Melindo is now 37-2, and Budler 31-3.

Fight Recommendations

  1. Hekkie Budler defeats Elwin Soto via 12-round unanimous decision
  2. Milan Melindo stops Crison Omayao in the 6th round
  3. Junto Nakatani knocks out Milan Melindo in the 6th round
  4. Hiroto Kyoguchi knocks out Hekkie Budler in the 10th round
  5. Hekkie Budler defeats Ryoichi Taguchi via 12-round unanimous decision
  6. Milan Melindo knocks out Akira Yaegashi in the 1st round
  7. Juan Francisco Estrada defeats Milan Melindo via 12-round unanimous decision