Butler vs Kopylenko

Who won Butler vs Kopylenko?

Steven Butler beat Vitalii Kopylenko by split decision in their 10 round contest on Thursday 2nd May 2019 at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint in Nevada.

The scorecards were announced as 96-93, 96-93, 94-95 in favor of winner Steven Butler.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

Butler vs Kopylenko stats

Back in May 2019, Steven Butler stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Vitalii Kopylenko made his way to the ring with a record of 28 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Butler had a massive power advantage over Kopylenko, boosting at 88% knock out percentage over Kopylenko's 57%.

Steven Butler was the younger man by 12 years, at 24 years old.

Butler had 5-inch reach advantage.

Both Steven Butler & Vitalii Kopylenko fought out of an orthodox stance.

Butler was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 6 year and 1 month later than Kopylenko, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 165 to Kopylenko's 149.

Steven Butler went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBA, 4 by the WBC, 1 by the WBO and 8 by the IBF at middleweight.

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Butler's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

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