Wood vs. Conlan: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
Leigh Wood (Leigh-Thal) defends his WBA (Regular) featherweight title against Michael Conlan (Mick). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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Date
This fight between Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan took place on at the Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England.
Tale of the Tape
At 173 cm, Michael Conlan is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Leigh Wood is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 175 cm, Conlan also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Wood's 170 cm. On top of that, Conlan also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Wood.
Wood is coming in to this fight with a record of 25-2 (15 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 12 days ago against Xu Can, which he won via 12th round TKO.
Conlan comes in with an undefeated record of 16-0 (8 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 6 days ago against TJ Doheny, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Michael Conlan is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Leigh Wood fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Wood will be 33 years and 7 months old. Conlan will be 30 years and 3 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 58-42 in favor of Leigh Wood. Here is the prediction for Wood vs Conlan.
Result
Leigh Wood defeated Michael Conlan via 12th round TKO to retain the WBA (Regular) featherweight title. Conlan's undefeated record of 16 wins comes to an end, and Wood advances his win streak to 3. Wood is now 26-2, and Conlan 16-1.