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

Wladimir Klitschko (Dr. Steelhammer) challenges Anthony Joshua's (AJ) IBF heavyweight belt. The winner also wins the vacant WBA (Super) heavyweight belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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41
Nov 16, 1996
64-4
28
53 (77.9%)
198 cm
206 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Nov 28, 2015
1y, 5m, 1d
-1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
27
Oct 5, 2013
18-0
3
18 (100%)
198 cm
208 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Dec 10, 2016
4m, 19d
18
WBAIBFWBOTheRing
HV
w1
d8
HV
w1
d18
HV
w2
d19
HV
w1
d11
IBF
HV
w1
d2
heavyweight
Saturday, 29 Apr 2017
Wembley Stadium, London, England
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-26
Wladimir Klitschko vs. Anthony Joshua

Date

This fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua took place on at the Wembley Stadium, London, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, both the fighters are of the same height. Despite being of the same height, Joshua has longer reach of 208 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Klitschko's 206 cm. Joshua also has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Klitschko.

Klitschko is coming in to this fight with a record of 64-4 (53 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 5 months, and 1 day ago against Tyson Fury, which he lost via 12 round unanimous decision.

Tyson Fury's boxing career

Joshua comes in with an undefeated record of 18-0 (18 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 19 days ago against Éric Molina, which he won via 3rd round TKO.

Éric Molina's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Klitschko will be 41 years and 1 month old. Joshua will be 27 years and 6 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 74-26 in favor of Anthony Joshua. Here is the prediction for Klitschko vs Joshua.

Anthony Joshua should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Wladimir Klitschko to win this one.

Result

Anthony Joshua defeated Wladimir Klitschko via 11th round TKO to win the vacant WBA heavyweight title and retain the IBF heavyweight title. Klitschko's losing streak continues, and Joshua advances his win streak to 19. Joshua is now 19-0, and Klitschko 64-5.

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