Lerena vs Nielsen

Who won Lerena vs Nielsen?

Kevin Lerena beat Micki Nielsen by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park.

The scorecards were announced as 97-93 in favor of winner Kevin Lerena.

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).

Lerena vs Nielsen stats

Back in October 2016, Kevin Lerena stepped into the ring with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Micki Nielsen made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 22 wins and 0 draws, with 14 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Nielsen had an advantage in power over Lerena, with a 64% knockout percentage compared to Lerena's 53%.

Kevin Lerena was the older man by 1 year, at 25 years old.

Nielsen had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lerena.

Both Kevin Lerena and Micki Nielsen fought out of a southpaw stance.

Lerena's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Nielsen's, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 months later than Nielsen, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 139 more professional rounds, totaling 229 compared to Nielsen's 90.

Micki Nielsen was ranked number 10 by the WBC, 5 by the WBO, and 4 by the IBF in the 200lb division.

Lerena vs Nielsen form

Nielsen had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Johnny Muller on June 11, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa.

Prior to that, he had beaten Mirko Larghetti on March 19, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at MusikTeatret, Albertslund, Denmark.

Going into that contest, he had won against Konstantin Semerdjiev on December 12, 2015, by knockout in the 3rd round at Brondby Hallen, Brondby.

Before that, he had beaten Alejandro Emilio Valori on September 12, 2015, by knockout in the 4th round at Arena Nord, Frederikshavn.

He had defeated Ismail Abdoul on June 20, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Ballerup Super Arena, Ballerup.

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Nielsen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

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