Lara vs. Garcia: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
Erislandy Lara (The American Dream) defends his WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Danny Garcia (Swift). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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| MD w1 d1 |
| sWL e1 w1 d7 |
| WBA | WBC | TheRing |
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| WL w1 d0 | ||
| sLT w1 d4 | sLT w1 d5 | sLT w1 d4 |
Date
This fight between Erislandy Lara and Danny Garcia will take place on at the Barclays Center, New York City, New York, U.S.
Tale of the Tape
At 175 cm, Erislandy Lara is the taller of the two by 2 cms; Danny Garcia is 173 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 192 cm, Lara also has a significant reach advantage of 18 cms over Garcia's 174 cm. On top of that, Lara also has a 16 cm ape index advantage over Garcia.
Lara is coming in to this fight with a record of 29-3-3 (17 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 2 months, and 8 days ago against Gary O'Sullivan, which he won via 8th round TKO.
Garcia comes in with a record of 37-3 (21 KOs). His last fight was 1 year and 6 days ago against José Benavidez Jr., which he won via 12 round majority decision.
Erislandy Lara fights out of the southpaw stance, while Danny Garcia fights out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Lara will be 40 years and 3 months old. Garcia will be 35 years and 4 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 62-38 in favor of Erislandy Lara. Here is the prediction for Lara vs Garcia.
Result
While we await the outcome of this fight, what is your prediction? Do you think Lara can beat Garcia? How do you think he beats Garcia? Or will Garcia win?