Lipinets vs Zappavigna

Who won Lipinets vs Zappavigna?

Sergey Lipinets beat Leonardo Zappavigna by knockout in the 8th round on Saturday 10th December 2016 at USC Galen Center in 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 loses and 0  draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

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

Sergey Lipinets was the younger man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

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

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

Lipinets was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 year and 10 months later than Zappavigna, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 159 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 beat Walter Castillo on 15th July 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Horseshoe Casino, Tunica, United States.

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

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

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

He had defeated Cosme Rivera on 13th March 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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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