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Russell Jr. vs. Martínez: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Gary Russell Jr. defends his WBC featherweight title against Kiko Martínez (La Sensación). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
30
Jan 16, 2009
29-1
5
17 (56.7%)
164 cm
163 cm
-1 cm
Southpaw
May 19, 2018
11m, 29d
5
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
33
Jun 11, 2004
39-8-2
6
28 (57.1%)
165 cm
168 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Oct 27, 2018
6m, 21d
1
WBC
FT
w1
d3
IBF
sBT
w1
d2
featherweight
Saturday, 18 May 2019
Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Gary Russell Jr. vs. Kiko Martínez

Date

This fight between Gary Russell Jr. and Kiko Martínez took place on at the Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 165 cm, Kiko Martínez is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Gary Russell Jr. is 164 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 168 cm, Martínez also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Russell Jr.'s 163 cm. On top of that, Martínez also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Russell Jr.

Russell Jr. is coming in to this fight with a record of 29-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 29 days ago against Joseph Diaz, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Joseph Diaz' boxing career

Martínez comes in with a record of 39-8-2 (28 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 21 days ago against Marc Vidal, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Gary Russell Jr. fights out of the southpaw stance, while Kiko Martínez fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Russell Jr. will be 30 years and 11 months old. Martínez will be 33 years and 2 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 51-49 in favor of Kiko Martínez. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Russell Jr. vs Martínez.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Kiko Martínez may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Russell Jr. stops Martínez early.

Result

Gary Russell Jr. defeated Kiko Martínez via 5th round TKO to retain the WBC featherweight title. Martínez' 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Russell Jr. advances his win streak to 6. Russell Jr. is now 30-1, and Martínez 39-9-2.

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