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Lara vs. Zerafa: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Erislandy Lara (The American Dream) defends his WBA (Regular) middleweight title against Michael Zerafa (Pretty Boy). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

Erislandy Lara vs. Michael Zerafa
Erislandy Lara vs. Michael Zerafa

Date

This fight between Erislandy Lara and Michael Zerafa took place on at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 180 cm, Michael Zerafa is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Erislandy Lara is 175 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Lara has a significantly longer reach of 192 cm, which is 10 cms longer than Zerafa's 182 cm. Lara also has a 15 cm ape index advantage over Zerafa.

Lara is coming in to this fight with a record of 29-3-3 (17 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 10 months, and 2 days ago against Gary O'Sullivan, which he won via 8th round TKO.

Gary O'Sullivan's boxing career

Zerafa comes in with a record of 31-4 (19 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 4 months, and 7 days ago against Danilo Creati, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Erislandy Lara fights out of the southpaw stance, while Michael Zerafa fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Lara will be 40 years and 11 months old. Zerafa will be 32 years old.

Prediction and Odds

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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 Zerafa.

Erislandy Lara is likely to win. Unless Michael Zerafa puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Erislandy Lara defeated Michael Zerafa via 2nd round KO to retain the WBA (Regular) middleweight title. Zerafa's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Lara advances his win streak to 5. Lara is now 30-3-3, and Zerafa 31-5.

Fight Recommendations

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  2. Jarrett Hurd defeats Erislandy Lara via 12-round split decision
  3. Erislandy Lara defeats Terrell Gausha via 12-round unanimous decision
  4. Erislandy Lara knocks out Yuri Foreman in the 4th round
  5. Erislandy Lara defeats Vanes Martirosyan via 12-round unanimous decision in their 2nd fight
  6. Canelo Álvarez defeats Erislandy Lara via 12-round split decision
  7. Erislandy Lara knocks out Alfredo Angulo in the 10th round