Who won Merhy vs Pesic?
Ryad Merhy beat Andrej Pesic by on Saturday, June 14th, 2025, at Louvain La Neuve, Walloon Brabant.
The scorecards were announced in favor of winner Ryad Merhy.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds at a catchweight of 225 lb (16.1 stone or 102 kg).
Merhy vs Pesic stats
Ryad Merhy stepped into the ring with a record of 33 wins, 3 losses, and 0 draws.
Andrej Pesic made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw.
Ryad Merhy was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.
Pesic had a height advantage of 6 inches over Merhy.
Both Ryad Merhy and Andrej Pesic fought out of an orthodox stance.
Merhy was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Pesic, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 108 more professional rounds, totaling 192 compared to Pesic's 84.
Merhy vs Pesic form
Merhy had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jared Anderson on April 13, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, United States.
Prior to that, he had defeated Tony Yoka on December 9, 2023, by split decision in their 10 round contest at Stade Roland Garros, Paris XVI, France.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kevin Lerena on May 13, 2023, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa.
Before that, he had beaten Zhaoxin Zhang on July 17, 2021, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA World Cruiserweight championship fight at Bruxelles-Capitale, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium.
He had won against Imre Szello on October 19, 2019, by knockout in the 7th round in their WBA Interim World Cruiserweight championship fight at Spiroudome Arena, Hainaut.
Activity check
Merhy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 26 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 1 month and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.
What time did Merhy vs Pesic start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM UTC at Louvain La Neuve, Walloon Brabant, Belgium, which was 3:00 PM EST or 12:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:00 PM BST in the UK.
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