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Taguchi vs. Budler: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Ryoichi Taguchi defends his WBA (Unified), IBF, and The Ring light-flyweight titles against Hekkie Budler (The Hexecutioner). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
31
Jul 19, 2006
27-2-2
8
12 (38.7%)
168 cm
170 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Dec 31, 2017
4m, 20d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Jul 5, 2007
31-3
7
10 (29.4%)
160 cm
165 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Sep 16, 2017
8m, 4d
-1
WBAIBFTheRing
lFL
w1
d7
lFL
w1
lFL
w1
WBA
ST
w1
d4
light-flyweight
Sunday, 20 May 2018
Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
v0.1.9-beta 2024-05-04
Ryoichi Taguchi vs. Hekkie Budler

Date

This fight between Ryoichi Taguchi and Hekkie Budler took place on at the Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 168 cm, Ryoichi Taguchi is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Hekkie Budler is 160 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 170 cm, Taguchi also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Budler's 165 cm. Budler has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Taguchi.

Taguchi is coming in to this fight with a record of 27-2-2 (12 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 20 days ago against Milan Melindo, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Milan Melindo's boxing career

Budler comes in with a record of 31-3 (10 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 4 days ago against Milan Melindo, which he lost via 12 round split decision.

Milan Melindo's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Taguchi will be 31 years and 5 months old. Budler will be 30 years 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 72-28 in favor of Ryoichi Taguchi. Here is the prediction for Taguchi vs Budler.

Ryoichi Taguchi should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Hekkie Budler to win this one.

Result

Hekkie Budler defeated Ryoichi Taguchi via 12 round UD to win the WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring light-flyweight titles. Taguchi's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Budler gets on a new winning streak. Budler is now 32-3, and Taguchi 27-3-2.

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