Early 2024
Potentially

in the United States

Potential contest @ Cruiserweight
Evgeny Tishchenko
Tishchenko
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31-2-0
12-1-0

Belts on The Line

Vacant WBA World Cruiserweight Championship

The tape

30
Age
32
5' 11" / 181 cm
Height
6' 5" / 196 cm
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Reach
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Orthodox (R)
Stance
Southpaw (L)

Full record

UD 12TKO 8KO 7KO 3KO 4
Form
UD 10UD 10UD 12
31
Wins
12
26
By KO
7
84
KO%
58
2
Losses
1
1
Stopped
0
0
Draws
0
2013
Debut
2018
167
Pro rounds
79

Current rankings @ Cruiserweight

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The Ring
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WBA
11
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WBC
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WBO
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IBF
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Ryad Merhy vs Evgeny Tishchenko preview


When is Merhy vs Tishchenko?

Ryad Merhy could face Evgeny Tishchenko in Early 2024 in the United States.

The fight would be scheduled for 12 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which means the weight limit would be 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 KG).

The contest would be for the vacant WBA cruiserweight championship of the world.

Merhy vs Tishchenko stats

Ryad Merhy would step into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 26 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Evgeny Tishchenko would make his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggest Merhy would have a large advantage in power over Tishchenko, boosting at 84% knock out percentage over Tishchenko's 58%.

Ryad Merhy is the younger man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Tishchenko has a height advantage of 6 inches over Merhy.

Ryad Merhy fights out of the orthodox stance, while Evgeny Tishchenko is a southpaw.

Merhy is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 5 years and 1 month earlier than Tishchenko, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He has fought 88 more professional rounds, 167 to Tishchenko's 79.

Evgeny Tishchenko is currently ranked number 11 by the WBA in the 200lb division.

Merhy vs Tishchenko form

Ryad Merhy has stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Kevin Lerena on 13th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa.

Previous to that, he had defeated Zhaoxin Zhang on 17th July 2021 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA World Cruiserweight championship fight at Bruxelles-Capitale, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium.

Going into that contest, he had beat Imre Szello on 19th October 2019 by knockout in the 7th round in their WBA Interim World Cruiserweight championship fight at Spiroudome Arena, Hainaut.

Before that, he had won against Cesar David Crenz on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Spiroudome Arena, Hainaut.

He had beat Samuel Clarkson on 15th December 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at Spiroudome Arena, Hainaut.

Activity check

Merhy's last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

Tishchenko's last 3 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 1 day, meaning he has been fighting on average every 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 10.7 rounds on average.

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