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Burns vs. Selby: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Ricky Burns (The Rickster) and Lee Selby (Lightning) are scheduled to meet in a bout on at The O2 Arena, London, England. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

36
Oct 20, 2001
43-7-1
12
16 (31.4%)
175 cm
178 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Nov 10, 2018
11m, 16d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
32
Jul 12, 2008
27-2
6
9 (31%)
173 cm
177 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Feb 23, 2019
8m, 3d
1
WBAWBO
sLT
w1
d1
LT
e1
d4
sFT
w1
d3
IBF
FT
w1
d4
Saturday, 26 Oct 2019
The O2 Arena, London, England
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-27
Ricky Burns vs. Lee Selby

Date

This fight between Ricky Burns and Lee Selby took place on 26 October, 2019 at the The O2 Arena, London, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 175 cm, Ricky Burns is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Lee Selby is 173 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 178 cm, Burns also has reach advantage of 1 cm over Selby's 177 cm. Selby has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Burns.

Burns is coming in to this fight with a record of 43-7-1 (16 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 16 days ago against Scott Cardle, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Selby comes in with a record of 27-2 (9 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 3 days ago against Omar Douglas, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Burns will be 36 years and 6 months old. Selby will be 32 years and 8 months 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 52-48 in favor of Lee Selby. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Burns vs Selby.

A very close matchup, could go either way. Lee Selby may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Burns stops Selby early.

Result

Lee Selby defeated Ricky Burns via 12 round MD. Burns' 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Selby advances his win streak to 2. Selby is now 28-2, and Burns 43-8-1.

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