Mikhalkin vs Oosthuizen

Who won Mikhalkin vs Oosthuizen?

Igor Mikhalkin beat Thomas Oosthuizen by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 19th May 2017 at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg.

The scorecards were announced as 118-109, 118-110, 118-110 in favor of winner Igor Mikhalkin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

Mikhalkin vs Oosthuizen stats

Back in May 2017, Igor Mikhalkin stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Thomas Oosthuizen made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 27 wins and 2 draws, with 16 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Oosthuizen had advantage in power over Mikhalkin, with a 59% knock out percentage over Mikhalkin's 47%.

Igor Mikhalkin was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Oosthuizen had a height advantage of 3 inches over Mikhalkin. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Igor Mikhalkin & Thomas Oosthuizen fought out of a southpaw stance.

Mikhalkin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 less fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 months earlier than Oosthuizen, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 67 less professional rounds, 191 to Oosthuizen's 258.

Mikhalkin vs Oosthuizen form

Mikhalkin had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Patrick Bois on 12th March 2016 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France.

Previous to that, he had defeated Hugo Kasperski on 9th October 2015 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Maison des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand.

Going into that contest, he had beat Hakim Chioui on 14th March 2015 by knockout in the 9th round at Salle Dubois-Crance, Charleville-Mézières.

Before that, he had won against Mohamed Belkacem on 11th April 2014 by technical decision in their 8 round contest at Universal Hall, Charleville-Mézières, Germany.

He had beat Doudou Ngumbu on 5th July 2013 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Palais Omnisports de Thiais, Thiais, France.

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Mikhalkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 53 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.6 rounds on average.

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