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Klitschko vs. Rahman: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Wladimir Klitschko (Dr. Steelhammer) defends his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Hasim Rahman (The Rock). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
32
Nov 16, 1996
51-3
14
44 (81.5%)
198 cm
206 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Jul 12, 2008
5m, 1d
9
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
36
Dec 3, 1994
45-6-2
4
36 (67.9%)
189 cm
208 cm
19 cm
Orthodox
Jul 16, 2008
4m, 27d
4
IBFWBO
HV
w1
d5
HV
w2
d6
WBCIBF
HV
w1
d1
HV
w1
heavyweight
Saturday, 13 Dec 2008
SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany
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Wladimir Klitschko vs. Hasim Rahman

Date

This fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Hasim Rahman took place on at the SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Wladimir Klitschko is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Hasim Rahman is 189 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Rahman has longer reach of 208 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Klitschko's 206 cm. Rahman also has a 11 cm ape index advantage over Klitschko.

Klitschko is coming in to this fight with a record of 51-3 (44 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 1 day ago against Tony Thompson, which he won via 11th round KO.

Tony Thompson's boxing career

Rahman comes in with a record of 45-6-2 (36 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 27 days ago against James Toney, which ended in a no-contest.

James Toney's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Klitschko will be 32 years and 8 months old. Rahman will be 36 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 70-30 in favor of Wladimir Klitschko. Here is the prediction for Klitschko vs Rahman.

Wladimir Klitschko should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Hasim Rahman to win this one.

Result

Wladimir Klitschko defeated Hasim Rahman via 7th round TKO. Rahman's 4 fight win streak comes to an end, and Klitschko advances his win streak to 10. Klitschko is now 52-3, and Rahman 45-7-2.

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