Kovalev vs. Shabranskyy: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Date

This fight between Sergey Kovalev and Vyacheslav Shabranskyy took place on 25 November, 2017 at the The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 192 cm, Vyacheslav Shabranskyy is the taller of the two by 9 cms; Sergey Kovalev is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 191 cm, Shabranskyy also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Kovalev's 184 cm. Kovalev has a 2 cm ape index advantage over Shabranskyy.

Kovalev is coming in to this fight with a record of 30-2-1 (26 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 8 days ago against Andre Ward, which he lost via 8th round TKO.

Shabranskyy comes in with a record of 19-1 (16 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 21 days ago against Todd Unthank May, which he won via 7th round RTD.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Kovalev will be 34 years and 7 months old. Shabranskyy will be 30 years and 6 months old.

Prediction and Odds

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of Sergey Kovalev. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Kovalev vs Shabranskyy.