Cieslak vs Kalenga

Who won Cieslak vs Kalenga?

Michal Cieslak beat Youri Kayembre Kalenga by technical knockout in the 7th round on Friday, March 1st, 2019, at Arena Hall, ul. B. Chrobrego 50B, Legionowo.

The scorecards were announced as 70-63, 69-64, 70-63 in favor of winner Michal Cieslak.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 kg).

Cieslak vs Kalenga stats

Back in March 2019, Michal Cieslak stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 17 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Youri Kayembre Kalenga made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Kalenga had a slight advantage in power over Cieslak, with a 71% knockout percentage compared to Cieslak's 65%.

Michal Cieslak was the younger man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Cieslak had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kalenga. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Both Michal Cieslak and Youri Kayembre Kalenga fought out of an orthodox stance.

Cieslak was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 4 months later than Kalenga, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 52 fewer professional rounds, totaling 139 compared to Kalenga's 191.

Cieslak vs Kalenga form

Kalenga had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Mateusz Masternak on April 21, 2018, by in the 6th round at Hala Sportowa, ul. Zuzlowa 4, Czestochowa, Poland.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Kevin Lerena on September 9, 2017, by split decision in their 12 round contest at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Yuniel Dorticos on May 20, 2016, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA Interim World Cruiserweight championship fight at Palais des Sports Porte de Versailles, Paris XV, France.

Before that, he had been beaten by Yuniel Dorticos on May 20, 2016, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBA Interim World Cruiserweight championship fight at Palais des Sports Porte de Versailles, Paris.

He had lost to Denis Lebedev on April 10, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Cruiserweight championship fight at Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia.

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Kalenga's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Cieslak vs Kalenga start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM UTC at Arena Hall, ul. B. Chrobrego 50B, Legionowo, Poland, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM GMT in the UK.

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