Leigh Wood (Leigh-Thal) defends his WBA featherweight title against Mauricio Lara (Bronco). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Leigh Wood and Mauricio Lara will take place on at Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England.
At 170 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. The fighters also have the same reach of 170 cm. They have the same ape index of 0 cm.
Wood is coming in to this fight with a record of 26-2 (16 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 6 days ago against Michael Conlan, which he won via 12th round TKO. And Lara comes in with a record of 25-2-1 (18 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 27 days ago against José Sanmartin, which he won via 3rd round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Wood will be 34 years and 6 months old; Lara will be 24 years and 11 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Mauricio Lara. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Based on these numbers, our AI makes the following prediction.
While we await the outcome of this fight, what is your prediction? Do you think Lara can beat Wood? How do you think he beats Wood? Or will Wood win?