Mikhalkin vs Oosthuizen

Who won Mikhalkin vs Oosthuizen?

Igor Mikhalkin beat Thomas Oosthuizen by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday, May 19th, 2017, at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg.

The scorecards were announced as 118-109, 118-110, 118-110 in favor of winner Igor Mikhalkin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 kg).

Mikhalkin vs Oosthuizen stats

Back in May 2017, Igor Mikhalkin stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Thomas Oosthuizen made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 27 wins and 2 draws, with 16 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Oosthuizen had an advantage in power over Mikhalkin, with a 59% knockout percentage compared to Mikhalkin's 47%.

Igor Mikhalkin was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Oosthuizen had a height advantage of 3 inches over Mikhalkin. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Igor Mikhalkin and Thomas Oosthuizen fought out of a southpaw stance.

Mikhalkin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 months earlier than Oosthuizen, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 67 fewer professional rounds, totaling 191 compared to Oosthuizen's 258.

Mikhalkin vs Oosthuizen form

Mikhalkin had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Patrick Bois on March 12, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France.

Prior to that, he had defeated Hugo Kasperski on October 9, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Maison des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Hakim Chioui on March 14, 2015, by knockout in the 9th round at Salle Dubois-Crance, Charleville-Mézières.

Before that, he had won against Mohamed Belkacem on April 11, 2014, by technical decision in their 8 round contest at Universal Hall, Charleville-Mézières, Germany.

He had beaten Doudou Ngumbu on July 5, 2013, by split decision in their 12 round contest at Palais Omnisports de Thiais, Thiais, France.

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Mikhalkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 14 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 9 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 53 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.6 rounds on average.

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