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

Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) defends his WBC super-lightweight title against Julio César Chávez (J.C. Superstar). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

30
Mar 1, 1992
24-1
8
20 (80%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Feb 12, 2000
5m, 17d
6
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
38
Feb 5, 1980
103-4-2
36
84 (77.1%)
171 cm
173 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Dec 18, 1999
7m, 11d
1
WBCIBF
sLT
w1
d1
sLT
w1
d4
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
sLT
w2
d16
sLT
w1
d2
LT
w1
d2
LT
w1
LT
w1
sFT
w1
d9
super-lightweight
Saturday, 29 Jul 2000
Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
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Kostya Tszyu vs. Julio César Chávez

Date

This fight between Kostya Tszyu and Julio César Chávez took place on at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 171 cm, Julio César Chávez is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Kostya Tszyu is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 173 cm, Chávez also has reach advantage of 3 cms over Tszyu's 170 cm. On top of that, Chávez also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Tszyu.

Tszyu is coming in to this fight with a record of 24-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 17 days ago against Ahmed Santos, which he won via 8th round TKO.

Chávez comes in with a record of 103-4-2 (84 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 11 days ago against Buck Smith, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tszyu will be 30 years and 10 months old. Chávez will be 38 years old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

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 Chávez.

Kostya Tszyu is likely to win. Unless Julio César Chávez puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Kostya Tszyu defeated Julio César Chávez via 6th round TKO. Chávez' 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Tszyu advances his win streak to 7. Tszyu is now 25-1, and Chávez 103-5-2.

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