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Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) defends his IBF super-lightweight title against Roger Mayweather (Black Mamba). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Kostya Tszyu and Roger Mayweather took place on at the Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, Australia.
At 171 cm, Roger Mayweather is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Kostya Tszyu is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 187 cm, Mayweather also has a significant reach advantage of 17 cms over Tszyu's 170 cm. On top of that, Mayweather also has a 16 cm ape index advantage over Tszyu.
Tszyu is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 14-0 (11 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 28 days ago against Jake RodrĂguez, which he won via 6th round TKO.
Mayweather comes in with a record of 54-11 (32 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 26 days ago against Mike Mungin, which he won via 10 round majority decision.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Tszyu will be 25 years and 9 months old. Mayweather will be 34 years and 2 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 62-38 in favor of Kostya Tszyu. Here is the prediction for Tszyu vs Mayweather.
Kostya Tszyu defeated Roger Mayweather via 12 round UD to retain the IBF super-lightweight title. Mayweather's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Tszyu advances his win streak to 15. Tszyu is now 15-0, and Mayweather 54-12.