Mikhalkin vs Donfack

Who won Mikhalkin vs Donfack?

Igor Mikhalkin beat Bernard Donfack by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday, September 8th, 2018, at Zinnowitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 kg).

Mikhalkin vs Donfack stats

Back in September 2018, Igor Mikhalkin stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Bernard Donfack made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 20 losses and 4 draws, with 11 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Donfack had a slight advantage in power over Mikhalkin, with a 48% knockout percentage compared to Mikhalkin's 43%.

Igor Mikhalkin was the younger man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Mikhalkin had a height advantage of 4 inches over Donfack.

Igor Mikhalkin fought out of the southpaw stance, while Bernard Donfack was an orthodox fighter.

Mikhalkin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 7 months later than Donfack, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 130 fewer professional rounds, totaling 191 compared to Donfack's 321.

Mikhalkin vs Donfack form

Igor Mikhalkin had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sergey Kovalev on March 3, 2018, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Mickael Diallo on December 2, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at La Palestre, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Thomas Oosthuizen on May 19, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Before that, he had won against Patrick Bois on March 12, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France.

He had beaten Hugo Kasperski on October 9, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Maison des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand.

Activity check

Mikhalkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 30 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 7 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 55 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 rounds on average.

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