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

In an undisputed world title fight, Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) defends his super-lightweight WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring belts against Ben Tackie (Wonder). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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32
Mar 1, 1992
28-1
12
23 (79.3%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Nov 3, 2001
6m, 15d
10
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
May 12, 1994
24-2
0
15 (57.7%)
175 cm
180 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Jan 25, 2002
3m, 23d
3
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
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w1
d2
sLT
w1
d5
sLT
w2
d4
sLT
w1
super-lightweight
Saturday, 18 May 2002
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
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Kostya Tszyu vs. Ben Tackie

Date

This fight between Kostya Tszyu and Ben Tackie took place on at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas.

Tale of the Tape

At 175 cm, Ben Tackie is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Kostya Tszyu is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 180 cm, Tackie also has a significant reach advantage of 10 cms over Tszyu's 170 cm. On top of that, Tackie also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Tszyu.

Tszyu is coming in to this fight with a record of 28-1 (23 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 15 days ago against Zab Judah, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Zab Judah's boxing career

Tackie comes in with a record of 24-2 (15 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 23 days ago against Teddy Reid, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tszyu will be 32 years and 7 months old. Tackie will be 28 years and 9 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 68-32 in favor of Kostya Tszyu. Here is the prediction for Tszyu vs Tackie.

Kostya Tszyu should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Ben Tackie to win this one.

Result

Kostya Tszyu defeated Ben Tackie via 12 round UD. Tackie's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Tszyu advances his win streak to 11. Tszyu is now 29-1, and Tackie 24-3.

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