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Valuev vs. McCline: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Nikolai Valuev (Beast from the East) defends his WBA heavyweight title against Jameel McCline (Big Time). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
33
Oct 15, 1993
45-0
3
33 (73.3%)
213 cm
216 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Oct 7, 2006
3m, 13d
45
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
36
Oct 10, 1995
38-6-3
3
23 (48.9%)
198 cm
208 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Jul 21, 2006
5m, 30d
6
WBA
HV
w1
d2
WBA
HV
w1
heavyweight
Saturday, 20 Jan 2007
St. Jakob Halle, Basel, Switzerland
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Nikolai Valuev vs. Jameel McCline

Date

This fight between Nikolai Valuev and Jameel McCline took place on at the St. Jakob Halle, Basel, Switzerland.

Tale of the Tape

At 213 cm, Nikolai Valuev is the taller of the two by 15 cms; Jameel McCline is 198 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 216 cm, Valuev also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over McCline's 208 cm. McCline has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Valuev.

Valuev is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 45-0 (33 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 13 days ago against Monte Barrett, which he won via 11th round TKO.

Monte Barrett's boxing career

McCline comes in with a record of 38-6-3 (23 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 30 days ago against Terry Smith, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Valuev will be 33 years and 4 months old. McCline will be 36 years and 8 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 61-39 in favor of Nikolai Valuev. Here is the prediction for Valuev vs McCline.

Nikolai Valuev is likely to win. Unless Jameel McCline puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Nikolai Valuev defeated Jameel McCline via 3rd round RTD. McCline's 6 fight win streak comes to an end, and Valuev advances his win streak to 46. Valuev is now 46-0, and McCline 38-7-3.

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