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Byrd vs. Povetkin: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Chris Byrd (Rapid Fire) and Alexander Povetkin (Sasha) are scheduled to meet in a bout on at the Messe, Erfurt, Germany. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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37
Jan 28, 1993
40-3-1
8
21 (47.7%)
183 cm
188 cm
5 cm
Southpaw
Apr 18, 2007
6m, 9d
1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Jun 11, 2005
13-0
0
10 (76.9%)
188 cm
190 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Jun 30, 2007
3m, 27d
13
IBFWBO
HV
w1
d4
HV
w1
Saturday, 27 Oct 2007
Messe, Erfurt, Germany
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Chris Byrd vs. Alexander Povetkin

Date

This fight between Chris Byrd and Alexander Povetkin took place on 27 October, 2007 at the Messe, Erfurt, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 188 cm, Alexander Povetkin is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Chris Byrd is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 190 cm, Povetkin also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Byrd's 188 cm. Byrd has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Povetkin.

Byrd is coming in to this fight with a record of 40-3-1 (21 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 9 days ago against Paul Marinaccio, which he won via 7th round RTD.

Povetkin comes in with an undefeated record of 13-0 (10 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 27 days ago against Larry Donald, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Chris Byrd fights out of the southpaw stance, while Alexander Povetkin fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Byrd will be 37 years and 2 months old. Povetkin will be 28 years and 1 month 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 77-23 in favor of Alexander Povetkin. Here is the prediction for Byrd vs Povetkin.

Alexander Povetkin should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Chris Byrd to win this one.

Result

Alexander Povetkin defeated Chris Byrd via 11th round TKO. Byrd's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Povetkin advances his win streak to 14. Povetkin is now 14-0, and Byrd 40-4-1.

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