Soro vs Mwakinyo

Who won Soro vs Mwakinyo?

Michel Soro beat Hassan Mwakinyo by technical knockout in the 9th round on Wednesday, June 10th, 2026, at Abidjan Exhibition Center, Abidjan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 kg).

Also on the undercard Kevin Lele Sadjo was victorious over Richard Mtangi, and Milan Prat beat Amiri Rashidi Matumla.

Soro vs Mwakinyo stats

Michel Soro stepped into the ring with a record of 38 wins, 4 losses, and 2 draws, 27 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Hassan Mwakinyo made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Mwakinyo had a slight advantage in power over Soro, with a 72% knockout percentage compared to Soro's 71%.

Michel Soro was the older man by 7 years, at 38 years old.

Soro had a height advantage of 2 inches over Mwakinyo. Despite this, Mwakinyo had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Michel Soro and Hassan Mwakinyo fought out of an orthodox stance.

Soro was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 7 years and 1 month earlier than Mwakinyo, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 107 more professional rounds, totaling 263 compared to Mwakinyo's 156.

Michel Soro went into the fight ranked number 13 by the IBF at middleweight.

Soro vs Mwakinyo form

Michel Soro had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Magomed Kurbanov on May 6, 2023, by split decision in their 12 round contest at KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Prior to that, he had drawn with Israil Madrimov on July 9, 2022, by technical draw in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Israil Madrimov on December 17, 2021, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBA World Super Welterweight eliminator fight at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Before that, he had beaten Cedric Vitu on November 15, 2019, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Accor Hotel Arena, Paris, France.

He had won against Anderson Prestot on July 20, 2019, by technical knockout in the 5th round in their WBA World Super Welterweight championship fight at Palais des Sports, Bouches-du-Rhône.

Activity check

Soro's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 21 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

What time did Soro vs Mwakinyo start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM UTC at Abidjan Exhibition Center, Abidjan, Cote D'ivoire, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Soro vs Mwakinyo?

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