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Tyson vs. Tubbs: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Mike Tyson (Iron Mike) defends his heavyweight WBA, WBC, and IBF belts against Tony Tubbs (TNT). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
21
Mar 6, 1985
33-0
6
29 (87.9%)
178 cm
180 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Jan 22, 1988
1m, 28d
33
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Jun 14, 1980
24-1
2
15 (60%)
191 cm
201 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Sep 29, 1987
5m, 21d
3
WBAWBCIBF
HV
w1
d4
HV
w1
d5
HV
w1
d2
WBA
HV
w1
heavyweight
Monday, 21 Mar 1988
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
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Mike Tyson vs. Tony Tubbs

Date

This fight between Mike Tyson and Tony Tubbs took place on at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Tony Tubbs is the taller of the two by 13 cms; Mike Tyson is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 201 cm, Tubbs also has a huge reach advantage of 21 cms over Tyson's 180 cm. On top of that, Tubbs also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Tyson.

Tyson is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 33-0 (29 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 28 days ago against Larry Holmes, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Larry Holmes' boxing career

Tubbs comes in with a record of 24-1 (15 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 21 days ago against Eddie Gonzales, which he won via 3rd round RTD.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tyson will be 21 years and 8 months old. Tubbs will be 30 years and 1 month 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 75-25 in favor of Mike Tyson. Here is the prediction for Tyson vs Tubbs.

Mike Tyson should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Tony Tubbs to win this one.

Result

Mike Tyson defeated Tony Tubbs via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles. Tubbs' 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Tyson advances his win streak to 34. Tyson is now 34-0, and Tubbs 24-2.

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