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

Francisco Vargas (El Bandido) and Rod Salka (Lightning Rod) are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

33
Mar 12, 2010
24-1-2
3
17 (63%)
173 cm
178 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Dec 9, 2017
4m, 3d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
35
Jul 21, 2007
24-4
0
4 (14.3%)
170 cm
171 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Sep 23, 2017
6m, 20d
5
WBC
sFT
w1
d1
Thursday, 12 Apr 2018
Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
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Francisco Vargas vs. Rod Salka

Date

This fight between Francisco Vargas and Rod Salka took place on 12 April, 2018 at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Francisco Vargas is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Rod Salka is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 178 cm, Vargas also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Salka's 171 cm. On top of that, Vargas also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Salka.

Vargas is coming in to this fight with a record of 24-1-2 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 3 days ago against Stephen Smith, which he won via 9 round technical decision.

Salka comes in with a record of 24-4 (4 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 20 days ago against Jayro Duran, which he won via 8 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Vargas will be 33 years and 3 months old. Salka will be 35 years and 1 month 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 64-36 in favor of Francisco Vargas. Here is the prediction for Vargas vs Salka.

Francisco Vargas is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Rod Salka puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Francisco Vargas defeated Rod Salka via 6th round RTD. Salka's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Vargas advances his win streak to 2. Vargas is now 25-1-2, and Salka 24-5.

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  3. Francisco Vargas knocks out Takashi Miura in the 9th round
  4. Danny Garcia knocks out Rod Salka in the 2nd round
  5. Francisco Vargas stops Juan Manuel López in the 3rd round
  6. Ricardo Álvarez defeats Rod Salka via 10-round majority decision
  7. Rod Salka knocks out Emmanuel Lucero in the 5th round