Valuev vs. Chagaev: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats
Nikolai Valuev (Beast from the East) defends his WBA heavyweight title against Ruslan Chagaev (White Tyson). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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Date
This fight between Nikolai Valuev and Ruslan Chagaev took place on at the Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany.
Tale of the Tape
At 213 cm, Nikolai Valuev is the taller of the two by 28 cms; Ruslan Chagaev is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 216 cm, Valuev also has a huge reach advantage of 28 cms over Chagaev's 188 cm. They have the same ape index of 3 cm.
Valuev is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 46-0 (34 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 25 days ago against Jameel McCline, which he won via 3rd round RTD.
Chagaev also comes in with an undefeated record of 22-0-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 27 days ago against John Ruiz, which he won via 12 round split decision.
Nikolai Valuev fights out of the orthodox stance, while Ruslan Chagaev fights out of the southpaw stance.
On the day of the fight, Valuev will be 33 years and 7 months old. Chagaev will be 28 years and 5 months old.
Prediction and Odds
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Nikolai Valuev. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Valuev vs Chagaev.
Result
Ruslan Chagaev defeated Nikolai Valuev via 12 round MD. Valuev's undefeated record of 46 wins comes to an end, and Chagaev advances his win streak to 18. Chagaev is now 23-0-1, and Valuev 46-1.
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