Who won Cieslak vs Kalenga?
Michal Cieslak beat Youri Kayembre Kalenga by technical knockout in the 7th round on Friday 1st March 2019 at Arena Hall, ul. B. Chrobrego 50B in 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 loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Youri Kayembre Kalenga made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Kalenga had a slight advantage in power over Cieslak, with a 71% knock out percentage over Cieslak's 65%.
Michal Cieslak was the younger man by 2 years, at 29 years old.
Cieslak had a height advantage of 3 inches over Kalenga. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.
Both Michal Cieslak & Youri Kayembre Kalenga fought out of an orthodox stance.
Cieslak was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 year and 4 months later than Kalenga, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 59 less professional rounds, 132 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 21st April 2018 by in the 6th round at Hala Sportowa, ul. Zuzlowa 4, Czestochowa, Poland.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kevin Lerena on 9th September 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 20th May 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 20th May 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 10th April 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Cruiserweight championship fight at Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia.
Activity check
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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