Boxing Preview: Shadasia Green (14-1-0, 11 KOs) vs Melinda Watpool (7-0-0, 2 KOs)

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Shadasia Green is set to face Melinda Watpool on Friday, November 15th, 2024, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.  

The bout is scheduled for 10 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, with a weight limit of 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 kg).  

Shadasia Green enters the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins coming by knockout. Melinda Watpool has an unbeaten record of 7 wins and 0 draws, with 2 wins by knockout.  

The stats suggest Green has a significant power advantage over Watpool, boasting a 79% knockout percentage compared to Watpool’s 29%.  

At 35 years old, Shadasia Green is the older fighter. Both Green and Watpool fight out of an orthodox stance.  

Green is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and she made her debut in 2019, 3 years and 7 months earlier than Watpool, who had her first professional fight in 2022. Green has fought 64 professional rounds compared to Watpool’s 41.  

Green has won 4 of her last 5 fights, stopping 2 of her opponents and going the distance twice. In her last fight, she defeated Natasha Spence on July 20, 2024, by unanimous decision in an 8-round contest at Amalie Arena in Tampa. Prior to that, she lost to Franchon Crews Dezurn on December 15, 2023, by unanimous decision in a 10-round contest at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando.  

Before facing Crews Dezurn, Green defeated Olivia Curry on August 5, 2023, by unanimous decision in a 10-round contest at American Airlines Center in Dallas. She also beat Elin Cederroos on February 4, 2023, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York and won against Ogleidis Suarez on October 29, 2022, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Gila River Arena in Glendale.  

Green’s last 5 fights have spanned over a period of 2 years and 17 days, with an average interval of approximately 4 months and 29 days between fights. She has fought a total of 39 rounds in those contests, averaging 7.8 rounds per fight.

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