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Tiger vs. Foster: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Dick Tiger defends his light-heavyweight WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts against Bob Foster (The Deputy Sheriff). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

38
Jan 1, 1952
57-17-3
9
27 (35.1%)
173 cm
180 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Nov 17, 1967
6m, 7d
4
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Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Mar 27, 1961
29-4
0
23 (69.7%)
190 cm
200 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Dec 5, 1967
5m, 19d
8
WBAWBCTheRing
lHV
w1
d2
lHV
w1
d2
lHV
w1
d2
MD
w2
d2
MD
w2
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light-heavyweight
Friday, 24 May 1968
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
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Dick Tiger vs. Bob Foster

Date

This fight between Dick Tiger and Bob Foster took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.

Tale of the Tape

At 190 cm, Bob Foster is the taller of the two by 17 cms; Dick Tiger is 173 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 200 cm, Foster also has a huge reach advantage of 20 cms over Tiger's 180 cm. On top of that, Foster also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Tiger.

Tiger is coming in to this fight with a record of 57-17-3 (27 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 7 days ago against Roger Rouse, which he won via 12th round TKO.

Foster comes in with a record of 29-4 (23 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 19 days ago against Sonny Moore, which he won via 5th round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tiger will be 38 years and 9 months old. Foster will be 26 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 54-46 in favor of Bob Foster. Here is the prediction for Tiger vs Foster.

Bob Foster is more likely to win, but Dick Tiger could also pull it off. It is going to be competitive, nevertheless.

Result

Bob Foster defeated Dick Tiger via 4th round KO to win the WBA, WBC, and The Ring light-heavyweight titles. Tiger's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Foster advances his win streak to 9. Foster is now 30-4, and Tiger 57-18-3.

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