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

Wladimir Klitschko (Dr. Steelhammer) defends his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles against Alexander Povetkin (Sasha). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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37
Nov 16, 1996
60-3
23
51 (81%)
198 cm
206 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
May 4, 2013
5m, 1d
18
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
34
Jun 11, 2005
26-0
5
18 (69.2%)
188 cm
190 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
May 17, 2013
4m, 18d
26
WBAIBFWBOTheRing
HV
w1
d4
HV
w1
d14
HV
w2
d15
HV
w1
d7
WBA
HV
w1
d4
heavyweight
Saturday, 5 Oct 2013
Olympic Indoor Arena, Moscow, Russia
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-25
Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alexander Povetkin

Date

This fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Alexander Povetkin took place on at the Olympic Indoor Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Wladimir Klitschko is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Alexander Povetkin is 188 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Klitschko also has a significant reach advantage of 16 cms over Povetkin's 190 cm. On top of that, Klitschko also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Povetkin.

Klitschko is coming in to this fight with a record of 60-3 (51 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 1 day ago against Francesco Pianeta, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Francesco Pianeta's boxing career

Povetkin comes in with an undefeated record of 26-0 (18 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 18 days ago against Andrzej Wawrzyk, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Klitschko will be 37 years and 6 months old. Povetkin will be 34 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 53-47 in favor of Alexander Povetkin. Here is the prediction for Klitschko vs Povetkin.

A close matchup. Alexander Povetkin may have a better chance at winning this fight, but Wladimir Klitschko could win too.

Result

Wladimir Klitschko defeated Alexander Povetkin via 12 round UD. Povetkin's undefeated record of 26 wins comes to an end, and Klitschko advances his win streak to 19. Klitschko is now 61-3, and Povetkin 26-1.

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