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

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

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23
Nov 10, 2013
12-0
6
7 (58.3%)
164 cm
161 cm
-3 cm
Orthodox
Sep 24, 2018
5m, 20d
12
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
32
Jul 19, 2006
27-3-2
9
12 (37.5%)
168 cm
170 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
May 20, 2018
9m, 24d
-1
WBO
FL
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lFL
w1
d2
ST
w1
d1
WBAIBFTheRing
lFL
w1
d7
lFL
w1
lFL
w1
flyweight
Saturday, 16 Mar 2019
Memorial Center, Gifu, Japan
v0.1.9-beta 2024-05-02
Kosei Tanaka vs. Ryoichi Taguchi

Date

This fight between Kosei Tanaka and Ryoichi Taguchi took place on at the Memorial Center, Gifu, Japan.

Tale of the Tape

At 168 cm, Ryoichi Taguchi is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Kosei Tanaka is 164 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 170 cm, Taguchi also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Tanaka's 161 cm. On top of that, Taguchi also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Tanaka.

Tanaka is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 12-0 (7 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 20 days ago against Sho Kimura, which he won via 12 round majority decision.

Taguchi comes in with a record of 27-3-2 (12 KOs). His last fight was 9 months and 24 days ago against Hekkie Budler, which he lost via 12 round unanimous decision.

Hekkie Budler's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Tanaka will be 23 years and 9 months old. Taguchi will be 32 years and 3 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 55-45 in favor of Kosei Tanaka. Here is the prediction for Tanaka vs Taguchi.

The chances of Kosei Tanaka winning is higher, but Ryoichi Taguchi cannot be counted out. Taguchi could make it competitive, maybe even win.

Result

Kosei Tanaka defeated Ryoichi Taguchi via 12 round UD to retain the WBO flyweight title. Taguchi's losing streak continues, and Tanaka advances his win streak to 13. Tanaka is now 13-0, and Taguchi 27-4-2.

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