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

Wladimir Klitschko (Dr. Steelhammer) defends his IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Ruslan Chagaev (White Tyson). The winner also wins the vacant Ring Magazine heavyweight title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
33
Nov 16, 1996
52-3
15
45 (81.8%)
198 cm
206 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Dec 13, 2008
6m, 7d
10
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Aug 21, 1997
25-0-1
4
17 (65.4%)
185 cm
188 cm
3 cm
Southpaw
Feb 7, 2009
4m, 13d
20
IBFWBO
HV
w1
d6
HV
w2
d7
WBA
HV
w2
d2
heavyweight
Saturday, 20 Jun 2009
Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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Wladimir Klitschko vs. Ruslan Chagaev

Date

This fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev took place on at the Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Wladimir Klitschko is the taller of the two by 13 cms; Ruslan Chagaev is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Klitschko also has a significant reach advantage of 18 cms over Chagaev's 188 cm. On top of that, Klitschko also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Chagaev.

Klitschko is coming in to this fight with a record of 52-3 (45 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 7 days ago against Hasim Rahman, which he won via 7th round TKO.

Hasim Rahman's boxing career

Chagaev comes in with an undefeated record of 25-0-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 13 days ago against Carl Davis Drumond, which he won via 6 round technical decision.

Wladimir Klitschko fights out of the orthodox stance, while Ruslan Chagaev fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Klitschko will be 33 years and 2 months old. Chagaev will be 30 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 63-37 in favor of Wladimir Klitschko. Here is the prediction for Klitschko vs Chagaev.

Wladimir Klitschko is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Ruslan Chagaev puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Wladimir Klitschko defeated Ruslan Chagaev via 9th round RTD. Chagaev's undefeated record comes to an end, and Klitschko advances his win streak to 11. Klitschko is now 53-3, and Chagaev 25-1-1.

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