Kavaliauskas vs Zewski

Who won Kavaliauskas vs Zewski?

Egidijus Kavaliauskas beat Mikael Zewski by technical knockout in the 8th round on Saturday 12th September 2020 at The Bubble, MGM Grand in Nevada.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

Kavaliauskas vs Zewski stats

Back in September 2020, Egidijus Kavaliauskas stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mikael Zewski made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 23 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Kavaliauskas had advantage in power over Zewski, with a 81% knock out percentage over Zewski's 68%.

Egidijus Kavaliauskas was the same age as Mikael Zewski, at 32 years old.

Zewski had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kavaliauskas. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Egidijus Kavaliauskas & Mikael Zewski fought out of an orthodox stance.

Kavaliauskas was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 year later than Zewski, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 46 less professional rounds, 133 to Zewski's 179.

Egidijus Kavaliauskas went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBC and 13 by the WBO at welterweight.

Mikael Zewski was ranked number 13 by the WBC, 7 by the WBO and 7 by the IBF in the 147lb division.

Kavaliauskas vs Zewski form

Kavaliauskas had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Terence Crawford on 14th December 2019 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Ray Robinson on 30th March 2019 by majority draw at 2300 Arena, Pennsylvania.

Going into that contest, he had won against Roberto Arriaza on 16th November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma.

Before that, he had beat Juan Carlos Abreu on 7th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Save Mart Arena, California.

He had defeated David Avanesyan on 16th February 2018 by technical knockout in the 6th round at Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Nevada.

Activity check

Kavaliauskas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Kavaliauskas vs Zewski start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Kavaliauskas vs Zewski?

Kavaliauskas vs Zewski was broadcast on ESPN+ in the US.

What were the odds on Kavaliauskas vs Zewski?

Egidijus Kavaliauskas was a 4/25 (-630) favourite going into the contest, while Mikael Zewski made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.