Andrew Moloney (The Monster) defends his WBA (Regular) super-flyweight title against Joshua Franco (El Profesor). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
This fight between Andrew Moloney and Joshua Franco took place on at the MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
At 165 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Franco has longer reach of 170 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Moloney's 165 cm. Franco also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Moloney.
Moloney is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 21-0 (14 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 8 days ago against Elton Dharry, which he won via 8th round RTD.
Franco comes in with a record of 16-1-2 (8 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 12 days ago against Jose Alejandro Burgos, which he won via 9th round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Moloney will be 29 years and 5 months old. Franco will be 24 years and 7 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Joshua Franco. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Moloney vs Franco.
Joshua Franco defeated Andrew Moloney via 12 round UD. Moloney's undefeated record of 21 wins comes to an end, and Franco advances his win streak to 2. Franco is now 17-1-2, and Moloney 21-1.