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Tszyu vs. Leija: 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 Jesse James Leija (The Texas Tornado). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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33
Mar 1, 1992
29-1
13
23 (76.7%)
170 cm
170 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
May 18, 2002
8m, 1d
11
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
36
Oct 2, 1988
43-5-2
6
17 (34%)
165 cm
170 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Jan 5, 2002
1y, 14d
3
WBAWBCIBFTheRing
sLT
w1
d3
sLT
w1
d6
sLT
w2
d5
sLT
w1
d1
WBC
sFT
w1
super-lightweight
Sunday, 19 Jan 2003
Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia
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Kostya Tszyu vs. Jesse James Leija

Date

This fight between Kostya Tszyu and Jesse James Leija took place on at the Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia.

Tale of the Tape

At 170 cm, Kostya Tszyu is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Jesse James Leija is 165 cm. The fighters have the same reach of 170 cm. Leija has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Tszyu.

Tszyu is coming in to this fight with a record of 29-1 (23 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 1 day ago against Ben Tackie, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Ben Tackie's boxing career

Leija comes in with a record of 43-5-2 (17 KOs). His last fight was 1 year and 14 days ago against Micky Ward, which he won via 5 round technical decision.

Micky Ward's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tszyu will be 33 years and 4 months old. Leija will be 36 years and 6 months 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 71-29 in favor of Kostya Tszyu. Here is the prediction for Tszyu vs Leija.

Kostya Tszyu should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Jesse James Leija to win this one.

Result

Kostya Tszyu defeated Jesse James Leija via 6th round RTD. Leija's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Tszyu advances his win streak to 12. Tszyu is now 30-1, and Leija 43-6-2.

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