Luis Alberto Lopez (El Venado) defends his IBF 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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This fight between Luis Alberto Lopez and Michael Conlan took place on at the SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
At 173 cm, Michael Conlan is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Luis Alberto Lopez is 163 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 175 cm, Conlan also has a good reach advantage of 6 cms over Lopez' 169 cm. Lopez has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Conlan.
Lopez is coming in to this fight with a record of 27-2 (15 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 17 days ago against Josh Warrington, which he won via 12 round majority decision.
Conlan comes in with a record of 18-1 (9 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 17 days ago against Karim Guerfi, which he won via 1st round KO.
Michael Conlan is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Luis Alberto Lopez fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Lopez will be 29 years and 9 months old. Conlan will be 31 years and 6 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 63-37 in favor of Luis Alberto Lopez. Here is the prediction for Lopez vs Conlan.
Luis Alberto Lopez defeated Michael Conlan via 5th round TKO to retain the IBF featherweight title. Conlan's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Lopez advances his win streak to 11. Lopez is now 28-2, and Conlan 18-2.