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Taylor vs. Bustos: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In a unification world title fight, Katie Taylor (The Bray Bomber) and Victoria Bustos (La Leona) put their lightweight belts on the line. Taylor brings the WBA belt. Bustos brings the IBF belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
31
Nov 26, 2016
8-0
2
4 (50%)
165 cm
165 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 13, 2017
4m, 15d
8
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Jul 8, 2011
18-4
8
0 (0%)
164 cm
164 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Aug 18, 2017
8m, 10d
3
WBA
LT
w1
d1
IBF
LT
w1
d5
lightweight
Saturday, 28 Apr 2018
Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Katie Taylor vs. Victoria Bustos

Date

This fight between Katie Taylor and Victoria Bustos took place on at the Barclays Center, New York City, New York, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 165 cm, Katie Taylor is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Victoria Bustos is 164 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 165 cm, Taylor also has reach advantage of 1 cm over Bustos' 164 cm. They have the same ape index of 0 cm.

Taylor is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 8-0 (4 KOs). Her last fight was 4 months and 15 days ago against Jessica McCaskill, which she won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Jessica McCaskill's boxing career

Bustos comes in with a record of 18-4. Her last fight was 8 months and 10 days ago against Maria Capriolo, which she won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Taylor will be 31 years and 9 months old. Bustos will be 29 years and 3 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ âš  Prediction with limited training data ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 66-34 in favor of Katie Taylor. Here is the prediction for Taylor vs Bustos.

Katie Taylor is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Victoria Bustos to win this one.

Result

Katie Taylor defeated Victoria Bustos via 10 round UD to win the IBF lightweight title and retain the WBA lightweight title. Bustos' 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Taylor advances her win streak to 9. Taylor is now 9-0, and Bustos 18-5.

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