Lomachenko vs. Linares: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
Vasyl Lomachenko (The Matrix) defends his WBA and The Ring lightweight titles against Jorge Linares (El Niño de Oro). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBO |
|---|
| sFT w1 d4 |
| FT w1 d3 |
| WBA | WBC | TheRing |
|---|---|---|
| LT w1 d3 | LT w1 d2 | LT w1 d3 |
| sFT w1 d1 | ||
| FT e1 d1 |
Date
This fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jorge Linares took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
Tale of the Tape
At 173 cm, Jorge Linares is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Vasyl Lomachenko is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 175 cm, Linares also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Lomachenko's 166 cm. On top of that, Linares also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Lomachenko.
Lomachenko is coming in to this fight with a record of 10-1 (8 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 3 days ago against Guillermo Rigondeaux, which he won via 6th round RTD.
Linares comes in with a record of 44-3 (27 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 15 days ago against Mercito Gesta, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.Vasyl Lomachenko is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Jorge Linares fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Lomachenko will be 30 years and 2 months old. Linares will be 32 years and 8 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 58-42 in favor of Vasyl Lomachenko. Here is the prediction for Lomachenko vs. Linares.
Result
Vasyl Lomachenko defeated Jorge Linares via 10th round TKO. Linares' 13 fight win streak comes to an end, and Lomachenko advances his win streak to 10. Lomachenko is now 11-1, and Linares 44-4.