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Rey Vargas defends his WBC featherweight title against Nick Ball. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
This fight between Rey Vargas and Nick Ball took place on at the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
At 178 cm, Rey Vargas is the taller of the two by 21 cms; Nick Ball is 157 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 182 cm, Vargas also has a huge reach advantage of 25 cms over Ball's 157 cm. On top of that, Vargas also has a 4 cm ape index advantage over Ball.
Vargas is coming in to this fight with a record of 36-1 (22 KOs). His last fight was 1 year and 26 days ago against O'Shaquie Foster, which he lost via 12 round unanimous decision.
Ball comes in with an undefeated record of 19-0 (11 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 19 days ago against Isaac Dogboe, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Vargas will be 33 years and 3 months old. Ball will be 27 years old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Rey Vargas. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Vargas vs Ball.
The fight ended in a 12 round draw. Both the boxers retained their titles and added a draw to their respective records. Ball is now 19-0-1, and Vargas 36-1-1.