Kuzmin vs Dawejko

Who won Kuzmin vs Dawejko?

Sergey Kuzmin beat Joey Dawejko by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, March 9th, 2019, at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 96-94 in favor of winner Sergey Kuzmin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol beating Joe Smith Jr for the WBA World Light Heavyweight championship. Also on the undercard Callum Johnson beat Sean Monaghan, and Maurice Hooker defeated Mikkel LesPierre for the WBO World Junior Welterweight title.

Kuzmin vs Dawejko stats

Back in March 2019, Sergey Kuzmin stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Joey Dawejko made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 4 draws, with 11 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Kuzmin had a large advantage in power over Dawejko, boasting a 79% knockout percentage compared to Dawejko's 58%.

Sergey Kuzmin was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Kuzmin had a height advantage of 6 inches over Dawejko. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Both Sergey Kuzmin and Joey Dawejko fought out of an orthodox stance.

Kuzmin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 15 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 2 months later than Dawejko, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 71 fewer professional rounds, totaling 95 compared to Dawejko's 166.

Sergey Kuzmin went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBA, 15 by the WBC, and 11 by the IBF at heavyweight.

Kuzmin vs Dawejko form

Sergey Kuzmin had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten David Price on September 22, 2018, by technical knockout in the 4th round at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had beaten Jeremiah Karpency on April 21, 2018, by knockout in the 6th round at Kings Theatre, New York, United States.

Going into that contest, his fight against Amir Mansour on November 27, 2017 ended in a no contest at Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had won against Malcolm Tann on June 23, 2017, by knockout in the 4th round at DoubleTree Hotel, California, United States.

He had beaten Keenan Hickmon on April 14, 2017, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at MGM National Harbor, Maryland.

Activity check

Kuzmin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 23 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 29 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.8 rounds on average.

What time did Kuzmin vs Dawejko start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Kuzmin vs Dawejko?

Sergey Kuzmin was a 3/100 (-3300) favorite going into the contest, while Joey Dawejko made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.