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Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
This fight between Vladimir Virchis and Ruslan Chagaev took place on at the Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany.
At 194 cm, Vladimir Virchis is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Ruslan Chagaev is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 203 cm, Virchis also has a significant reach advantage of 15 cms over Chagaev's 188 cm. On top of that, Virchis also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Chagaev.
Virchis is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 20-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 26 days ago against Michael Sprott, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Chagaev also comes in with an undefeated record of 19-0-1 (16 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 4 days ago against Rob Calloway, which he won via 2nd round KO.
Vladimir Virchis fights out of the orthodox stance, while Ruslan Chagaev fights out of the southpaw stance.
On the day of the fight, Virchis will be 32 years and 6 months old. Chagaev will be 27 years and 4 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 55-45 in favor of Ruslan Chagaev. Here is the prediction for Virchis vs Chagaev.
Ruslan Chagaev defeated Vladimir Virchis via 12 round MD to win the WBA heavyweight title. Virchis' undefeated record of 20 wins comes to an end, and Chagaev advances his win streak to 15. Chagaev is now 20-0-1, and Virchis 20-1.