Stephen Fulton Jr. (Cool Boy Steph) defends his WBC and WBO super-bantamweight titles against Naoya Inoue (The Monster). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
WBC | WBO |
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sBT w1 d1 | sBT w1 d2 |
WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | TheRing |
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BT w2 d6 | BT w1 d1 | BT w1 d6 | BT w1 d0 | BT w1 d6 |
sFL w1 d7 | ||||
lFL w1 d1 | ||||
This fight between Stephen Fulton Jr. and Naoya Inoue will take place on at the Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.
At 169 cm, Stephen Fulton Jr. is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Naoya Inoue is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 179 cm, Fulton Jr. also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Inoue's 171 cm. On top of that, Fulton Jr. also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Inoue.
Fulton Jr. is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 21-0 (8 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 1 month, and 21 days ago against Daniel Roman, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Inoue also comes in with an undefeated record of 24-0 (21 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 12 days ago against Paul Butler, which he won via 11th round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Fulton Jr. will be 29 years old. Inoue will be 30 years and 3 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 68-32 in favor of Naoya Inoue. Here is the prediction for Fulton Jr. vs Inoue.
While we await the outcome of this fight, what is your prediction? Do you think Fulton Jr. can beat Inoue? How do you think he beats Inoue? Or will Inoue win?