In a unification world title fight, Maurice Hooker (Mighty Mo) and José Ramírez (JCR) put their super-lightweight belts on the line. Hooker brings the WBC belt. Ramírez brings the WBO belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Maurice Hooker and José Ramírez took place on at the College Park Center, Arlington, Texas, U.S.
At 180 cm, Maurice Hooker is the taller of the two by 2 cms; José Ramírez is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 203 cm, Hooker also has a significant reach advantage of 19 cms over Ramírez' 184 cm. On top of that, Hooker also has a 17 cm ape index advantage over Ramírez.
Hooker is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 26-0-3 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 18 days ago against Mikkel LesPierre, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Ramírez also comes in with an undefeated record of 24-0 (16 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 17 days ago against Jose Zepeda, which he won via 12 round majority decision.Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Hooker will be 29 years and 11 months old. Ramírez will be 26 years and 11 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 66-34 in favor of Maurice Hooker. Here is the prediction for Hooker vs. Ramírez.
José Ramírez defeated Maurice Hooker via 6th round TKO to win the WBO super-lightweight title and retain the WBC super-lightweight title. Hooker's undefeated record comes to an end, and Ramírez advances his win streak to 25. Ramírez is now 25-0, and Hooker 26-1-3.