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

Ruslan Chagaev (White Tyson) and Alexander Povetkin (Sasha) fight for the vacant WBA (Regular) heavyweight title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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32
Aug 21, 1997
27-1-1
5
17 (58.6%)
185 cm
188 cm
3 cm
Southpaw
Nov 19, 2010
9m, 8d
2
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
31
Jun 11, 2005
21-0
0
15 (71.4%)
188 cm
190 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Dec 18, 2010
8m, 9d
21
WBA
HV
w2
d2
heavyweight
Saturday, 27 Aug 2011
Messe, Erfurt, Germany
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Ruslan Chagaev vs. Alexander Povetkin

Date

This fight between Ruslan Chagaev and Alexander Povetkin took place on at the Messe, Erfurt, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 188 cm, Alexander Povetkin is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Ruslan Chagaev is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 190 cm, Povetkin also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Chagaev's 188 cm. Chagaev has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Povetkin.

Chagaev is coming in to this fight with a record of 27-1-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 8 days ago against Travis Walker, which he won via 8 round unanimous decision.

Povetkin comes in with an undefeated record of 21-0 (15 KOs). His last fight was 8 months and 9 days ago against Nicolai Firtha, which he won via 10 round unanimous decision.

Ruslan Chagaev fights out of the southpaw stance, while Alexander Povetkin fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Chagaev will be 32 years and 10 months old. Povetkin will be 31 years and 11 months 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 58-42 in favor of Alexander Povetkin. Here is the prediction for Chagaev vs Povetkin.

The chances of Alexander Povetkin winning this fight is much higher. However, Ruslan Chagaev still cannot be counted out.

Result

Alexander Povetkin defeated Ruslan Chagaev via 12 round UD to win the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title. Chagaev's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Povetkin advances his win streak to 22. Povetkin is now 22-0, and Chagaev 27-2-1.

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