Relikh vs Troyanovsky

Who won Relikh vs Troyanovsky?

Kiryl Relikh beat Eduard Troyanovsky by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Sunday 7th October 2018 at Arena in Kanagawa.

The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 115-113, 115-113 in favor of winner Kiryl Relikh.

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).

This was a quarter final of the World Boxing Super Series.

This contest was for the WBA super lightweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Naoya Inoue's and Juan Carlos Payano's clash for the WBA World Bantamweight championship.

Relikh vs Troyanovsky stats

Back in October 2018, Kiryl Relikh stepped into the ring with a record of 22 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Eduard Troyanovsky made his way to the ring with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 24 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Troyanovsky had a slight advantage in power over Relikh, with a 89% knock out percentage over Relikh's 86%.

Kiryl Relikh was the younger man by 9 years, at 29 years old.

Relikh had a height advantage of 2 inches over Troyanovsky. Despite this, Troyanovsky had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Kiryl Relikh & Eduard Troyanovsky fought out of an orthodox stance.

Relikh was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 less fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 4 months later than Troyanovsky, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 115 to Troyanovsky's 129.

Eduard Troyanovsky was ranked number 1 by the WBA in the 140lb division.

Relikh vs Troyanovsky form

Relikh had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Rances Barthelemy on 10th March 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at Alamodome, Texas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Rances Barthelemy on 20th May 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Ricky Burns on 7th October 2016 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Joaquim Carneiro on 13th May 2016 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Bolton Whites Hotel (formerly De Vere Whites), Bolton.

He had beat Christian Ariel Lopez on 2nd October 2015 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Gymnase du Lycee Technique de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Eduard Troyanovsky had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Carlos Manuel Portillo on 27th November 2017 by knockout in the 1st round in their WBA World Super Lightweight eliminator fight at Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia.

Previous to that, he had defeated Michele Di Rocco on 1st July 2017 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Luzhniki, Moscow.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Julius Indongo on 3rd December 2016 by knockout in the 1st round in their IBF World Junior Welterweight championship fight at Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow.

Before that, he had won against Keita Obara on 9th September 2016 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their IBF World Junior Welterweight championship fight at Krylia Sovetov, Moscow.

He had defeated Cesar Rene Cuenca on 8th April 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Junior Welterweight championship fight at Krylia Sovetov, Moscow.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Eduard Troyanovsky had been fighting more than Kiryl Relikh.

Going to this contest, Kiryl Relikh had last fought 6 months and 27 days ago, while Eduard Troyanovsky's last outing had been 10 months and 10 days ago.

Relikh's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

Troyanovsky's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Relikh vs Troyanovsky start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Arena, Kanagawa, Japan, which was 7:00 AM EST or 4:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:00 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Relikh vs Troyanovsky?

The fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.

What were the odds on Relikh vs Troyanovsky?

Kiryl Relikh was a 67/100 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Eduard Troyanovsky made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+120) with oddsmakers.