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

Anthony Joshua (AJ) defends his WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO 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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28
Oct 5, 2013
21-0
6
20 (95.2%)
198 cm
208 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Mar 31, 2018
5m, 22d
21
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
39
Jun 11, 2005
34-1
6
24 (68.6%)
188 cm
190 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Mar 31, 2018
5m, 22d
8
WBAIBFWBO
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d5
HV
w1
WBA
HV
w1
d4
heavyweight
Saturday, 22 Sep 2018
Wembley Stadium, London, England
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Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin

Date

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

Tale of the Tape

At 198 cm, Anthony Joshua is the taller of the two by 10 cms; Alexander Povetkin is 188 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 208 cm, Joshua also has a significant reach advantage of 18 cms over Povetkin's 190 cm. On top of that, Joshua also has a 8 cm ape index advantage over Povetkin.

Joshua is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 21-0 (20 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 22 days ago against Joseph Parker, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Joseph Parker's boxing career

Povetkin comes in with a record of 34-1 (24 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 22 days ago against David Price, which he won via 5th round KO.

David Price's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Joshua will be 28 years and 11 months old. Povetkin will be 39 years 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 75-25 in favor of Anthony Joshua. Here is the prediction for Joshua vs Povetkin.

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

Result

Anthony Joshua defeated Alexander Povetkin via 7th round TKO. Povetkin's 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Joshua advances his win streak to 22. Joshua is now 22-0, and Povetkin 34-2.

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