Zhakiyanov vs. Burnett: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
In a unification world title fight, Zhanat Zhakiyanov (ZZ) and Ryan Burnett put their bantamweight belts on the line. Zhakiyanov brings the WBA (Undisputed) belt. Burnett brings the IBF belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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Date
This fight between Zhanat Zhakiyanov and Ryan Burnett took place on at the SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Tale of the Tape
At 170 cm, Zhanat Zhakiyanov is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Ryan Burnett is 163 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 170 cm, Zhakiyanov also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Burnett's 168 cm. Burnett has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Zhakiyanov.
Zhakiyanov is coming in to this fight with a record of 27-1 (18 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 11 days ago against Rau'shee Warren, which he won via 12 round split decision.
Burnett comes in with an undefeated record of 17-0 (9 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Lee Haskins, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Zhakiyanov will be 33 years and 11 months old. Burnett will be 25 years and 5 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 57-43 in favor of Ryan Burnett. Here is the prediction for Zhakiyanov vs Burnett.
Result
Ryan Burnett defeated Zhanat Zhakiyanov via 12 round UD to win the WBA (Unified) bantamweight title and retain the IBF bantamweight title. Zhakiyanov's 22 fight win streak comes to an end, and Burnett advances his win streak to 18. Burnett is now 18-0, and Zhakiyanov 27-2.