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Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) and Rafael Ruelas are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, U.S. 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 Rafael Ruelas took place on 15 August, 1998 at the County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, U.S.
At 180 cm, Rafael Ruelas is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Kostya Tszyu is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 180 cm, Ruelas also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Tszyu's 170 cm. They have the same ape index of 0 cm.
Tszyu is coming in to this fight with a record of 20-1 (16 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 10 days ago against Calvin Grove, which he won via 1st round KO.
Ruelas comes in with a record of 52-3 (41 KOs). His last fight was 1 month and 27 days ago against Juan Baldwin, which he won via 5th round RTD.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Tszyu will be 28 years and 10 months old. Ruelas will be 27 years and 3 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Kostya Tszyu. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Tszyu vs Ruelas.
Kostya Tszyu defeated Rafael Ruelas via 9th round TKO. Ruelas' 9 fight win streak comes to an end, and Tszyu advances his win streak to 3. Tszyu is now 21-1, and Ruelas 52-4.