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Yafai vs. Ishida: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Khalid Yafai (Kal) defends his WBA super-flyweight title against Sho Ishida. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

28
Jul 7, 2012
22-0
2
14 (63.6%)
163 cm
163 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
May 13, 2017
5m, 15d
22
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Feb 8, 2009
24-0
0
13 (54.2%)
173 cm
173 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Apr 23, 2017
6m, 5d
24
WBA
sFL
w1
d1
super-flyweight
Saturday, 28 Oct 2017
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
v0.1.9-beta 2024-05-03
Kal Yafai vs. Sho Ishida

Date

This fight between Kal Yafai and Sho Ishida took place on at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Sho Ishida is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Kal Yafai is 163 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 173 cm, Ishida also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Yafai's 163 cm. They have the same ape index of 0 cm.

Yafai is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 22-0 (14 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 15 days ago against Suguru Muranaka, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Ishida also comes in with an undefeated record of 24-0 (13 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 5 days ago against Patiphon Upanan, which he won via 3rd round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Yafai will be 28 years and 4 months old. Ishida will be 25 years and 11 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 53-47 in favor of Kal Yafai. Here is the prediction for Yafai vs Ishida.

A close matchup. Kal Yafai may have a better chance at winning this fight, but Sho Ishida could win too.

Result

Kal Yafai defeated Sho Ishida via 12 round UD to retain the WBA super-flyweight title. Ishida's undefeated record of 24 wins comes to an end, and Yafai advances his win streak to 23. Yafai is now 23-0, and Ishida 24-1.

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