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Saunders vs. Lemieux: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Billy Joe Saunders (Superb) defends his WBO middleweight title against David Lemieux (The Demolisher). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

28
Feb 28, 2009
25-0
3
12 (48%)
180 cm
180 cm
0 cm
Southpaw
Sep 16, 2017
3m
25
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Apr 14, 2007
38-3
2
33 (80.5%)
175 cm
178 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
May 6, 2017
7m, 10d
4
WBO
MD
w1
d2
IBF
MD
w1
middleweight
Saturday, 16 Dec 2017
Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Billy Joe Saunders vs. David Lemieux

Date

This fight between Billy Joe Saunders and David Lemieux took place on at the Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Billy Joe Saunders is the taller of the two by 5 cms; David Lemieux is 175 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 180 cm, Saunders also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Lemieux's 178 cm. Lemieux has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Saunders.

Saunders is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 25-0 (12 KOs). His last fight was 3 months ago against Willie Monroe Jr., which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Willie Monroe Jr.'s boxing career

Lemieux comes in with a record of 38-3 (33 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 10 days ago against Marcos Reyes, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Billy Joe Saunders fights out of the southpaw stance, while David Lemieux fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Saunders will be 28 years and 3 months old. Lemieux will be 28 years and 11 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 52-48 in favor of David Lemieux. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Saunders vs Lemieux.

A very close matchup, could go either way. David Lemieux may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Saunders stops Lemieux early.

Result

Billy Joe Saunders defeated David Lemieux via 12 round UD to retain the WBO middleweight title. Lemieux's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Saunders advances his win streak to 26. Saunders is now 26-0, and Lemieux 38-4.

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