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

Alexander Povetkin (Sasha) defends his WBA (Regular) heavyweight title against Hasim Rahman (The Rock). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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33
Jun 11, 2005
24-0
3
16 (66.7%)
188 cm
190 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Feb 25, 2012
7m, 4d
24
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
39
Dec 3, 1994
50-7-2
5
41 (69.5%)
189 cm
208 cm
19 cm
Orthodox
Jun 11, 2011
1y, 3m, 18d
5
WBA
HV
w1
d2
WBCIBF
HV
w1
d1
HV
w1
heavyweight
Saturday, 29 Sep 2012
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
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Alexander Povetkin vs. Hasim Rahman

Date

This fight between Alexander Povetkin and Hasim Rahman took place on at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany.

Tale of the Tape

At 189 cm, Hasim Rahman is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Alexander Povetkin is 188 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 208 cm, Rahman also has a significant reach advantage of 18 cms over Povetkin's 190 cm. On top of that, Rahman also has a 17 cm ape index advantage over Povetkin.

Povetkin is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 24-0 (16 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 4 days ago against Marco Huck, which he won via 12 round majority decision.

Marco Huck's boxing career

Rahman comes in with a record of 50-7-2 (41 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 3 months, and 18 days ago against Galen Brown, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Povetkin will be 33 years old. Rahman will be 39 years and 10 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 60-40 in favor of Alexander Povetkin. Here is the prediction for Povetkin vs Rahman.

Alexander Povetkin is likely to win. Unless Hasim Rahman puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Alexander Povetkin defeated Hasim Rahman via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title. Rahman's 5 fight win streak comes to an end, and Povetkin advances his win streak to 25. Povetkin is now 25-0, and Rahman 50-8-2.

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