Lerena vs Golovashchenko

Who won Lerena vs Golovashchenko?

Kevin Lerena beat Roman Golovashchenko by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 2nd June 2018 at Sarhadci Olympic Center in Baku.

The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 115-112, 116-111 in favor of winner Kevin Lerena.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 KG).

Lerena vs Golovashchenko stats

Back in June 2018, Kevin Lerena stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Roman Golovashchenko made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Golovashchenko had a massive power advantage over Lerena, boosting at 89% knock out percentage over Lerena's 45%.

Kevin Lerena was the younger man by 5 years, at 26 years old.

Kevin Lerena fought out of the southpaw stance, while Roman Golovashchenko was an orthodox fighter.

Lerena was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 year and 2 months later than Golovashchenko, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 146 more professional rounds, 229 to Golovashchenko's 83.

Kevin Lerena went into the fight ranked number 6 by the WBC and 4 by the IBF at cruiserweight.

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Lerena's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.5 rounds on average.

What time did Lerena vs Golovashchenko start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Sarhadci Olympic Center, Baku, Azerbaijan, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Lerena vs Golovashchenko?

Kevin Lerena was a 9/25 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Roman Golovashchenko made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.