Falcão vs. Gualtieri: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
Esquiva Falcão and Vincenzo Gualtieri (Il Capo) fight for the vacant IBF middleweight title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
Date
This fight between Esquiva Falcão and Vincenzo Gualtieri took place on at the Uni-Halle, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Tale of the Tape
At 179 cm, Vincenzo Gualtieri is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Esquiva Falcão is 178 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Falcão has a nice longer reach of 186 cm, which is 7 cms longer than Gualtieri's 179 cm. Falcão also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Gualtieri.
Falcão is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 30-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days ago against Cristian Fabian Ríos, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.
Gualtieri also comes in with an undefeated record of 20-0-1 (7 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 21 days ago against Vincenzo Bevilacqua, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Esquiva Falcão fights out of the southpaw stance, while Vincenzo Gualtieri fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Falcão will be 33 years and 6 months old. Gualtieri will be 30 years and 5 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Esquiva Falcão. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Falcão vs Gualtieri.
Result
Vincenzo Gualtieri defeated Esquiva Falcão via 12 round UD. Falcão's undefeated record of 30 wins comes to an end, and Gualtieri advances his win streak to 6. Gualtieri is now 21-0-1, and Falcão 30-1.