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Klitschko vs. Byrd: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Vitali Klitschko (Dr. Ironfist) defends his WBO heavyweight title against Chris Byrd (Rapid Fire). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
28
Nov 16, 1996
27-0
3
27 (100%)
201 cm
201 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Dec 11, 1999
3m, 21d
27
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Jan 28, 1993
30-1
0
18 (58.1%)
183 cm
188 cm
5 cm
Southpaw
Jan 19, 2000
2m, 13d
4
WBO
HV
w1
d2
heavyweight
Saturday, 1 Apr 2000
Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany
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Vitali Klitschko vs. Chris Byrd

Date

This fight between Vitali Klitschko and Chris Byrd took place on at the Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 201 cm, Vitali Klitschko is the taller of the two by 18 cms; Chris Byrd is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 201 cm, Klitschko also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Byrd's 188 cm. Byrd has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Klitschko.

Klitschko is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 27-0 (27 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 21 days ago against Obed Sullivan, which he won via 9th round RTD.

Byrd comes in with a record of 30-1 (18 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 13 days ago against David Washington, which he won via 10th round TKO.

Vitali Klitschko fights out of the orthodox stance, while Chris Byrd fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Klitschko will be 28 years and 8 months old. Byrd will be 29 years and 7 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 67-33 in favor of Vitali Klitschko. Here is the prediction for Klitschko vs Byrd.

Vitali Klitschko is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Chris Byrd to win this one.

Result

Chris Byrd defeated Vitali Klitschko via 9th round RTD to win the WBO heavyweight title. Klitschko's undefeated record of 27 wins comes to an end, and Byrd advances his win streak to 5. Byrd is now 31-1, and Klitschko 27-1.

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