Mikhalkin vs Donfack

Who won Mikhalkin vs Donfack?

Igor Mikhalkin beat Bernard Donfack by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 8th September 2018 at Zinnowitz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

Mikhalkin vs Donfack stats

Back in September 2018, Igor Mikhalkin stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Bernard Donfack made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 20 loses and 4 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Donfack had a slight advantage in power over Mikhalkin, with a 48% knock out percentage over Mikhalkin's 43%.

Igor Mikhalkin was the younger man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Mikhalkin had a height advantage of 4 inches over Donfack.

Igor Mikhalkin fought out of the southpaw stance, while Bernard Donfack was an orthodox fighter.

Mikhalkin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 less fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 year and 7 months later than Donfack, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 130 less professional rounds, 191 to Donfack's 321.

Mikhalkin vs Donfack form

Igor Mikhalkin had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sergey Kovalev on 3rd March 2018 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Mickael Diallo on 2nd December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at La Palestre, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Going into that contest, he had beat Thomas Oosthuizen on 19th May 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Before that, he had won against Patrick Bois on 12th March 2016 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France.

He had beat Hugo Kasperski on 9th October 2015 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Maison des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand.

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Mikhalkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 55 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 rounds on average.

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