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Tanaka vs. Acosta: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Kosei Tanaka (Chukyo no Kaibutsu) defends his WBO light-flyweight title against Ángel Acosta (Tito). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

21
Nov 10, 2013
8-0
3
5 (62.5%)
164 cm
161 cm
-3 cm
Orthodox
Dec 31, 2016
4m, 20d
8
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
Nov 17, 2012
16-0
0
16 (100%)
163 cm
163 cm
0 cm
Orthodox
Feb 11, 2017
3m, 9d
16
WBO
lFL
w1
ST
w1
d1
light-flyweight
Saturday, 20 May 2017
Takeda Teva Ocean Arena, Nagoya, Japan
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Kosei Tanaka vs. Ángel Acosta

Date

This fight between Kosei Tanaka and Ángel Acosta took place on at the Takeda Teva Ocean Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 164 cm, Kosei Tanaka is the taller of the two by 1 cm; Ángel Acosta is 163 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Acosta has longer reach of 163 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Tanaka's 161 cm. Acosta also has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Tanaka.

Tanaka is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 8-0 (5 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 20 days ago against Moisés Fuentes, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Acosta also comes in with an undefeated record of 16-0 (16 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 9 days ago against Japhet Uutoni, which he won via 10th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tanaka will be 21 years and 11 months old. Acosta will be 26 years and 7 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 54-46 in favor of Kosei Tanaka. Here is the prediction for Tanaka vs Acosta.

Kosei Tanaka is more likely to win, but Ángel Acosta could also pull it off. It is going to be competitive, nevertheless.

Result

Kosei Tanaka defeated Ángel Acosta via 12 round UD. Acosta's undefeated record of 16 wins comes to an end, and Tanaka advances his win streak to 9. Tanaka is now 9-0, and Acosta 16-1.

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