Lipinets vs Zappavigna

Who won Lipinets vs Zappavigna?

Sergey Lipinets beat Leonardo Zappavigna by knockout in the 8th round on Saturday, December 10th, 2016, at USC Galen Center, Los Angeles.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 kg).

Lipinets vs Zappavigna stats

Back in December 2016, Sergey Lipinets stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses, and 0  draws, 8 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Leonardo Zappavigna made his way to the ring with a record of 35 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 25 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Lipinets had a slight advantage in power over Zappavigna, with a 80% knockout percentage compared to Zappavigna's 71%.

Sergey Lipinets was the younger man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Lipinets had a height advantage of 1 inch over Zappavigna. Despite this, Zappavigna had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Sergey Lipinets and Leonardo Zappavigna fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lipinets was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 years and 10 months later than Zappavigna, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 26 fewer professional rounds, totaling 169 compared to Zappavigna's 195.

Lipinets vs Zappavigna form

Lipinets had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Walter Castillo on July 15, 2016, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Horseshoe Casino, Tunica, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Levan Ghvamichava on March 15, 2016, by knockout in the 5th round at Robinson Rancheria Resort & Casino, Nice.

Going into that contest, he had won against Haskell Rhodes on October 30, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at The Venue at UCF, Orlando.

Before that, he had beaten Kendal Mena on July 8, 2015, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at BB King Blues Club & Grill, New York.

He had defeated Cosme Rivera on March 13, 2015, by technical knockout in the 9th round at A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa.

Activity check

Lipinets' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 27 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

What time did Lipinets vs Zappavigna start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at USC Galen Center, Los Angeles, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Lipinets vs Zappavigna?

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