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

In an undisputed world title fight, Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) and Zab Judah (Super) put their super-lightweight belts on the line. Tszyu brings the WBA (Super) and WBC belts. Judah brings the IBF belt. The winner also wins the vacant Ring Magazine title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

32
Mar 1, 1992
27-1
11
22 (78.6%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Jun 23, 2001
4m, 11d
9
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
24
Sep 20, 1996
27-0
6
21 (77.8%)
171 cm
183 cm
12 cm
Southpaw
Jun 23, 2001
4m, 11d
27
WBAWBCIBF
sLT
w1
d1
sLT
w1
d4
sLT
w1
d4
IBF
sLT
w1
d5
super-lightweight
Saturday, 3 Nov 2001
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Kostya Tszyu vs. Zab Judah

Date

This fight between Kostya Tszyu and Zab Judah took place on at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 171 cm, Zab Judah is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Kostya Tszyu is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 183 cm, Judah also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Tszyu's 170 cm. On top of that, Judah also has a 12 cm ape index advantage over Tszyu.

Tszyu is coming in to this fight with a record of 27-1 (22 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Oktay Urkal, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Oktay Urkal's boxing career

Judah comes in with an undefeated record of 27-0 (21 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Allan Vester, which he won via 3rd round KO.

Kostya Tszyu fights out of the orthodox stance, while Zab Judah fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Tszyu will be 32 years and 1 month old. Judah will be 24 years 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 56-44 in favor of Zab Judah. Here is the prediction for Tszyu vs Judah.

The chances of Zab Judah winning is higher, but Kostya Tszyu cannot be counted out. Tszyu could make it competitive, maybe even win.

Result

Kostya Tszyu defeated Zab Judah via 2nd round TKO to win the IBF and vacant The Ring super-lightweight titles and retain the WBA (Super) and WBC super-lightweight titles. Judah's undefeated record of 27 wins comes to an end, and Tszyu advances his win streak to 10. Tszyu is now 28-1, and Judah 27-1.

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