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

Rey Vargas defends his WBC super-bantamweight title against Azat Hovhannisyan (Crazy A). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

27
Apr 10, 2010
31-0
3
22 (71%)
178 cm
182 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Dec 2, 2017
5m, 10d
31
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Apr 23, 2011
14-2
0
11 (68.8%)
168 cm
165 cm
-3 cm
Orthodox
Mar 9, 2018
2m, 3d
8
WBC
sBT
w1
d2
super-bantamweight
Saturday, 12 May 2018
Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.
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Rey Vargas vs. Azat Hovhannisyan

Date

This fight between Rey Vargas and Azat Hovhannisyan took place on at the Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 178 cm, Rey Vargas is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Azat Hovhannisyan is 168 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 182 cm, Vargas also has a significant reach advantage of 17 cms over Hovhannisyan's 165 cm. On top of that, Vargas also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Hovhannisyan.

Vargas is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 31-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 10 days ago against Oscar Negrete, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Hovhannisyan comes in with a record of 14-2 (11 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 3 days ago against Ronny Rios, which he won via 6th round KO.

Ronny Rios' boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Vargas will be 27 years and 5 months old. Hovhannisyan will be 29 years and 8 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 Rey Vargas. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Vargas vs Hovhannisyan.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Rey Vargas may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Hovhannisyan stops Vargas early.

Result

Rey Vargas defeated Azat Hovhannisyan via 12 round UD. Hovhannisyan's 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Vargas advances his win streak to 32. Vargas is now 32-0, and Hovhannisyan 14-3.

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