Sergey Lipinets: record, next fight and profile →
On March 10th Sergey Lipinets (13-1, 10 KOs) suffered his first career defeat against the highly regarded, Mikey Garcia, who many have listed on their pound-for-pound lists. While he lost his IBF 140-pound title he gained a large measure of respect in pushing Garcia and going the distance.
Mikey Garcia’s victory over Sergey Lipinets didn’t draw as many viewers as Garcia’s win against Adrien Broner in his previous fight. Garcia-Lipinets was watched by a peak audience of 689,000 and averaged 618,000 viewers Saturday night, according to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. Garcia-Broner peaked at 937,000 viewers and averaged 881,000 on July 29.
By Corey Erdman - When you watch fights like the ones between Oscar Valdez and Scott Quigg, and Mikey Garcia and Sergey Lipinets, it’s very easy to love and appreciate the sport of boxing. Valdez vs. Quigg and Garcia vs. Lipinets gave us an early pair of Fight of the Year contenders, two bloody battles between f...
8—avg. jabs landed per round by Ivan Baranchyk in his KO win over Petr Petrov- double what he landed in his previous 2 fights - 12-- punches landed per round by Sergey Lipinets, 30% higher than Mikey Garcia’s previous 7 opponents - 21 & 11—avg. punches landed per round by Kiryl Relikh and Rances Barthelemy respectively in their two fights- nearly a 2-1 edge for Relikh
Mikey Garcia wins his fourth divisional championship with his sharper power punching (46%-36%) that also produced the fight's only knockdown (an explosive counter left hook over a Lipinets uppercut in round seven) as well as a nice finishing kick that saw him outland Lipinets 43-27 overall and 26-17 power in the final two rounds to extend his final leads to 169-144 overall, 77-71 jabs and 92-73 power.
Mikey Garcia, who was fighting for just the second time at 140 pounds, relied on a steady diet of combos to back up Lipinets, who was making the first defense of the IBF title he won last November on SHOWTIME. Garcia floored Lipinets for the first time in his career, connecting on a counter left hook midway through the seventh in a rousing moment that sent the pro-Garcia crowd at Freeman Colisuem to their feet.
Garcia, Lipinets Fight Photos Gallery - Mikey Garcia sent Sergey Lipinets to the canvas for the first time in his career on Saturday as he seized the Russian's IBF super lightweight world title with a 12-round unanimous decision.
By Keith Idec - Mikey Garcia thinks he is a better fighter at lightweight, but he showed Saturday night why he is boxing’s best 140-pounder, too. Garcia became the first fighter to drop Sergey Lipinets, took his powerful opponent’s best shots all night and out-boxed Lipinets to win a 12-round unanimous decisi...
Garcia, Lipinets Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Unbeaten three-division world champion Mikey Garcia and IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Sergey Lipinets made weight ahead of their bout on Saturday, March 10 live on SHOWTIME from Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio.
Three division world champion Mikey Garcia (last 7 fights) makes his punches count and offers opponents little in return. Garcia's +12.7 plus/minus rating ranks #5 among CompuBox Categorical Leaders. His 20.1 power punches thrown per round is 14.3 fewer than the wgt. class avg, while he lands 44.3% - 8% higher. Garcia opponents landed just 8.1 punches per round- half the wgt. class avg. and just 5.4 power shots per round- less than half the wgt. class avg.