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Tszyu vs. Phillips: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) defends his IBF super-lightweight title against Vince Phillips (Cool). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

27
Mar 1, 1992
18-0
5
14 (77.8%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Jan 18, 1997
4m, 13d
18
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
33
Feb 28, 1989
35-3
1
24 (63.2%)
171 cm
178 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Jan 11, 1997
4m, 20d
-1
IBF
sLT
w1
d4
super-lightweight
Saturday, 31 May 1997
Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Kostya Tszyu vs. Vince Phillips

Date

This fight between Kostya Tszyu and Vince Phillips took place on at the Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 171 cm, Vince Phillips is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Kostya Tszyu is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 178 cm, Phillips also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Tszyu's 170 cm. On top of that, Phillips also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Tszyu.

Tszyu is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 18-0 (14 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 13 days ago against Leonardo Mas, which ended in a no-contest.

Phillips comes in with a record of 35-3 (24 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 20 days ago against Romallis Ellis, which he lost via 10 round split decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tszyu will be 27 years and 8 months old. Phillips will be 33 years and 10 months 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 64-36 in favor of Kostya Tszyu. Here is the prediction for Tszyu vs Phillips.

Kostya Tszyu is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Vince Phillips puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Vince Phillips defeated Kostya Tszyu via 10th round TKO. Tszyu's undefeated record of 18 wins comes to an end, and Phillips gets on a new winning streak. Phillips is now 36-3, and Tszyu 18-1.

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