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Rodríguez vs. Butler: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Emmanuel Rodríguez (Manny) and Paul Butler (Baby Faced Assassin) fight for the vacant IBF bantamweight title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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25
Jun 1, 2012
17-0
0
12 (70.6%)
168 cm
169 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Aug 5, 2017
9m
17
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Dec 11, 2010
26-1
2
14 (51.9%)
170 cm
168 cm
-2 cm
Orthodox
Feb 3, 2018
3m, 2d
9
IBF
BT
w1
bantamweight
Saturday, 5 May 2018
The O2 Arena, London, England
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Emmanuel Rodríguez vs. Paul Butler

Date

This fight between Emmanuel Rodríguez and Paul Butler took place on at the The O2 Arena, London, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Paul Butler is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Emmanuel Rodríguez is 168 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Rodríguez has longer reach of 169 cm, which is 1 cm longer than Butler's 168 cm. Rodríguez also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Butler.

Rodríguez is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 17-0 (12 KOs). His last fight was 9 months ago against Giovanni Delgado, which he won via 4th round RTD.

Butler comes in with a record of 26-1 (14 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 2 days ago against Jefferson Vargas, which he won via 8th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Rodríguez will be 25 years and 8 months old. Butler will be 29 years and 5 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Emmanuel Rodríguez. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Rodríguez vs Butler.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Emmanuel Rodríguez may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Butler stops Rodríguez early.

Result

Emmanuel Rodríguez defeated Paul Butler via 12 round UD to win the vacant IBF bantamweight title. Butler's 9 fight win streak comes to an end, and Rodríguez advances his win streak to 18. Rodríguez is now 18-0, and Butler 26-2.

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