Morrell Jr. vs. Falcão: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
David Morrell Jr. defends his WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title against Yamaguchi Falcão. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
Date
This fight between David Morrell Jr. and Yamaguchi Falcão took place on at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
Tale of the Tape
At 185 cm, David Morrell Jr. is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Yamaguchi Falcão is 181 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Morrell Jr. also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Falcão's 188 cm. On top of that, Morrell Jr. also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Falcão.
Morrell Jr. is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 8-0 (7 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 17 days ago against Aidos Yerbossynuly, which he won via 12th round KO.
Falcão comes in with a record of 24-1-1 (10 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Ernest Amuzu, which he won via 7th round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the southpaw stance.
On the day of the fight, Morrell Jr. will be 25 years and 3 months old. Falcão will be 35 years and 2 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 79-21 in favor of David Morrell Jr. Here is the prediction for Morrell Jr. vs Falcão.
Result
David Morrell Jr. defeated Yamaguchi Falcão via 1st round KO to retain the WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title. Falcão's 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Morrell Jr. advances his win streak to 9. Morrell Jr. is now 9-0, and Falcão 24-2-1.