Lebedev vs Flanagan

Who won Lebedev vs Flanagan?

Denis Lebedev beat Mark Flanagan by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Sunday 9th July 2017 at DIVS in Ekaterinburg.

The scorecards were announced as 119-108, 120-107, 119-108 in favor of winner Denis Lebedev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 KG).

This contest was for the WBA cruiserweight championship of the world.

Lebedev vs Flanagan stats

Back in July 2017, Denis Lebedev stepped into the ring with a record of 29 wins, 2 loses and 0  draws, 22 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mark Flanagan made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Lebedev had a slight advantage in power over Flanagan, with a 76% knock out percentage over Flanagan's 68%.

Denis Lebedev was the older man by 11 years, at 38 years old.

Denis Lebedev fought out of the southpaw stance, while Mark Flanagan was an orthodox fighter.

Lebedev was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 8 years and 3 months earlier than Flanagan, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 159 less professional rounds, 0 to Flanagan's 159.

Mark Flanagan was ranked number 6 by the WBA in the 200lb division.

Lebedev vs Flanagan form

Lebedev had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Murat Gassiev on 3rd December 2016 by split decision in their IBF World Cruiserweight championship fight at Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia.

Previous to that, he had beat Victor Emilio Ramirez on 21st May 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.

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

Before that, he had beat Youri Kayembre Kalenga on 10th April 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Cruiserweight championship fight at Luzhniki, Moscow.

He had defeated Pawel Kolodziej on 27th September 2014 by knockout in the 2nd round in their WBA World Cruiserweight championship fight at Dynamo Palace of Sports in Krylatskoye, Moscow.

Activity check

Lebedev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.2 rounds on average.

What time did Lebedev vs Flanagan start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Lebedev vs Flanagan?

Denis Lebedev was a 7/50 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Mark Flanagan made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.