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Usyk vs. Mchunu: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Oleksandr Usyk (The Cat) defends his WBO cruiserweight title against Thabiso Mchunu (The Rock). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
29
Sep 11, 2013
10-0
1
9 (90%)
191 cm
198 cm
7 cm
Southpaw
Sep 17, 2016
3m
10
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Jul 28, 2007
17-2
0
11 (57.9%)
180 cm
184 cm
4 cm
Southpaw
May 20, 2016
6m, 27d
1
WBO
CR
w1
cruiserweight
Saturday, 17 Dec 2016
The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
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Oleksandr Usyk vs. Thabiso Mchunu

Date

This fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Thabiso Mchunu took place on at the The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Oleksandr Usyk is the taller of the two by 11 cms; Thabiso Mchunu is 180 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Usyk also has a significant reach advantage of 14 cms over Mchunu's 184 cm. On top of that, Usyk also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Mchunu.

Usyk is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 10-0 (9 KOs). His last fight was 3 months ago against Krzysztof GÅ‚owacki, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Krzysztof GÅ‚owacki's boxing career

Mchunu comes in with a record of 17-2 (11 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 27 days ago against Boniface Kabore, which he won via 2nd round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Usyk will be 29 years and 11 months old. Mchunu will be 28 years and 9 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 77-23 in favor of Oleksandr Usyk. Here is the prediction for Usyk vs Mchunu.

Oleksandr Usyk should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Thabiso Mchunu to win this one.

Result

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Thabiso Mchunu via 9th round TKO to retain the WBO cruiserweight title. Mchunu's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Usyk advances his win streak to 11. Usyk is now 11-0, and Mchunu 17-3.

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