Lebedev vs Altunkaya

Who won Lebedev vs Altunkaya?

Denis Lebedev beat Hizni Altunkaya by knockout in the 3rd round on Friday, September 7th, 2018, at Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 kg).

Lebedev vs Altunkaya stats

Back in September 2018, Denis Lebedev stepped into the ring with a record of 30 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws, 22 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Hizni Altunkaya made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 17 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Lebedev had an advantage in power over Altunkaya, with a 73% knockout percentage compared to Altunkaya's 57%.

Denis Lebedev was the older man by 9 years, at 39 years old.

Altunkaya had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lebedev.

Denis Lebedev fought out of the southpaw stance, while Hizni Altunkaya was an orthodox fighter.

Lebedev's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Altunkaya's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2001, 7 years and 7 months earlier than Altunkaya, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 156 fewer professional rounds, totaling 0 compared to Altunkaya's 156.

Lebedev vs Altunkaya form

Lebedev had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Mark Flanagan on July 9, 2017, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Cruiserweight championship fight at DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Murat Gassiev on December 3, 2016, by split decision in their IBF World Cruiserweight championship fight at Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Victor Emilio Ramirez on May 21, 2016, by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their IBF World Cruiserweight and WBA Super World Cruiserweight championship fight at Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had won against Lateef Kayode on November 4, 2015, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA World Cruiserweight championship fight at Tatneft Arena, Kazan.

He had beaten Youri Kayembre Kalenga on April 10, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Cruiserweight championship fight at Luzhniki, Moscow.

Activity check

Lebedev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 28 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.

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