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

Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) defends his WBA (Super) and WBC super-lightweight titles against Oktay Urkal (Cassius). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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31
Mar 1, 1992
26-1
10
22 (81.5%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Feb 3, 2001
4m, 20d
8
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
31
Sep 21, 1996
28-0
0
10 (35.7%)
174 cm
174 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Feb 10, 2001
4m, 13d
28
WBAWBCIBF
sLT
w1
sLT
w1
d3
sLT
w1
d4
super-lightweight
Saturday, 23 Jun 2001
Mohegan Sun Arena, Montville, Connecticut, U.S.
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Kostya Tszyu vs. Oktay Urkal

Date

This fight between Kostya Tszyu and Oktay Urkal took place on at the Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville.

Tale of the Tape

At 174 cm, Oktay Urkal is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Kostya Tszyu is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 174 cm, Urkal also has reach advantage of 4 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 26-1 (22 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 20 days ago against Sharmba Mitchell, which he won via 7th round RTD.

Sharmba Mitchell's boxing career

Urkal comes in with an undefeated record of 28-0 (10 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 13 days ago against Franco Ogentho, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tszyu will be 31 years and 9 months old. Urkal will be 31 years and 5 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 62-38 in favor of Kostya Tszyu. Here is the prediction for Tszyu vs Urkal.

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

Result

Kostya Tszyu defeated Oktay Urkal via 12 round UD to retain the WBA (Super) and WBC super-lightweight titles. Urkal's undefeated record of 28 wins comes to an end, and Tszyu advances his win streak to 9. Tszyu is now 27-1, and Urkal 28-1.

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