Bridges vs. O'Connell: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
Ebanie Bridges (Blonde Bomber) defends her IBF bantamweight title against Shannon O'Connell (Shotgun). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
Date
This fight between Ebanie Bridges and Shannon O'Connell took place on at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, England.
Tale of the Tape
At 165 cm, Shannon O'Connell is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Ebanie Bridges is 155 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 165 cm, O'Connell also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Bridges' 155 cm. They have the same ape index of 0 cm.
Bridges is coming in to this fight with a record of 8-1 (3 KOs). Her last fight was 8 months and 14 days ago against María Cecilia Román, which she won via 10 round unanimous decision.
O'Connell comes in with a record of 23-6-1 (11 KOs). Her last fight was 5 months and 11 days ago against Sarah Higginson, which she won via 1st round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Bridges will be 36 years and 2 months old. O'Connell will be 39 years and 10 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of Shannon O'Connell. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Bridges vs O'Connell.
Result
Ebanie Bridges defeated Shannon O'Connell via 8th round TKO to retain the IBF bantamweight title. O'Connell's 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Bridges advances her win streak to 4. Bridges is now 9-1, and O'Connell 23-7-1.