Papin vs Beljo

Who won Papin vs Beljo?

Aleksei Papin beat Damir Beljo by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday, October 29th, 2022, at Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace, Moscow.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 kg).

Papin vs Beljo stats

Back in October 2022, Aleksei Papin stepped into the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Damir Beljo made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 22 wins and 0 draws, with 18 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Papin had an advantage in power over Beljo, with a 93% knockout percentage compared to Beljo's 82%.

Aleksei Papin was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Beljo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Papin.

Both Aleksei Papin and Damir Beljo fought out of an orthodox stance.

Papin was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years later than Beljo, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, totaling 83 compared to Beljo's 69.

Aleksei Papin went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC at cruiserweight.

Papin vs Beljo form

Aleksei Papin had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Dilan Prasovic on May 27, 2022, by knockout in the 2nd round in Russia.

Prior to that, he had won against Vaclav Pejsar on April 2, 2021, by technical knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ruslan Fayfer on August 22, 2020, by knockout in the 5th round in their WBC World Cruiserweight eliminator fight at WoW Arena, Krasnaya Polyana.

Before that, he had defeated Ruslan Fayfer on August 22, 2020, by technical knockout in the 6th round.

He had been beaten by Ilunga Makabu on August 24, 2019, by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk.

Activity check

Papin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 5 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.2 rounds on average.

What time did Papin vs Beljo start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM UTC at Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace, Moscow, Russia, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Papin vs Beljo?

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