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Tua vs. Maskaev: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

David Tua (Tuaman) and Oleg Maskaev (The Big O) are scheduled to meet in a heavyweight bout on at the Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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24
Dec 1, 1992
26-0
0
22 (84.6%)
178 cm
178 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 21, 1996
3m, 15d
26
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Apr 17, 1993
10-1
0
6 (54.5%)
191 cm
201 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Feb 7, 1997
1m, 29d
4
heavyweight
Saturday, 5 Apr 1997
Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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David Tua vs. Oleg Maskaev

Date

This fight between David Tua and Oleg Maskaev took place on 5 April, 1997 at the Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Oleg Maskaev is the taller of the two by 13 cms; David Tua is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 201 cm, Maskaev also has a huge reach advantage of 23 cms over Tua's 178 cm. On top of that, Maskaev also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Tua.

Tua is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 26-0 (22 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 15 days ago against David Izon, which he won via 12th round TKO.

Maskaev comes in with a record of 10-1 (6 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 29 days ago against Rodney Blount, which he won via 2nd round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tua will be 24 years and 4 months old. Maskaev will be 28 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 52-48 in favor of David Tua. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Tua vs Maskaev.

A very close matchup, could go either way. David Tua may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Maskaev stops Tua early.

Result

David Tua defeated Oleg Maskaev via 11th round TKO. Maskaev's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Tua advances his win streak to 27. Tua is now 27-0, and Maskaev 10-2.

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