Anthony Dirrell (The Dog) and Avni Yıldırım (The Turkish Wolf) fight for the vacant WBC super-middleweight title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Anthony Dirrell and Avni Yıldırım took place on at the Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US.
At 184 cm, Anthony Dirrell is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Avni Yıldırım is 182 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 189 cm, Dirrell also has a significant reach advantage of 11 cms over Yıldırım's 178 cm. On top of that, Dirrell also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Yıldırım.
Dirrell is coming in to this fight with a record of 32-1-1 (24 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 26 days ago against Abraham Han, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.
Yıldırım comes in with a record of 21-1 (12 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 8 days ago against Lolenga Mock, which he won via 12 round majority decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Dirrell will be 34 years and 4 months old. Yıldırım will be 27 years and 6 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 57-43 in favor of Avni Yıldırım. Here is the prediction for Dirrell vs Yıldırım.
Anthony Dirrell defeated Avni Yıldırım via 10 round TD to win the vacant WBC super-middleweight title. Yıldırım's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Dirrell advances his win streak to 6. Dirrell is now 33-1-1, and Yıldırım 21-2.