1. Denys Berinchyk held the WBO lightweight title from May 2024 to February 2025.
22 Facts About Denys Berinchyk
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Denys Berinchyk made his professional bare knuckle debut on 24 July 2021, defeating former UFC Fighter Artem Lobov by TKO.
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Denys Berinchyk has a PhD in physical education and sport, obtained at the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport.
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Denys Berinchyk went on to beat Jeff Horn and then Uranchimegiin Monkh-Erdene in the semi-final.
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Denys Berinchyk made his professional debut against Tarik Madni on 29 August 2015.
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Denys Berinchyk won the fight by a fourth-round stoppage, as Madni retired at the end of the round.
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Denys Berinchyk was booked to face Allan Vallespin for the vacant WBO Oriental lightweight title on 16 December 2017, in the main event of a card which took place at the Ice Palace Terminal in Brovary, Ukraine.
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Denys Berinchyk won the fight by a dominant sixth-round knockout.
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Denys Berinchyk made his first WBO Oriental title defense against Jose Luis Prieto on 23 June 2018.
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Denys Berinchyk won the fight by a sixth-round stoppage, as Prieto retired at the end of the round.
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Denys Berinchyk was scheduled to face for the vacant WBO International lightweight title Rosekie Cristobal on 22 December 2018.
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Denys Berinchyk won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout.
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Denys Berinchyk made his first WBO International title defense against the veteran Nihito Arakawa on 20 April 2019.
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Denys Berinchyk made his second title defense against Patricio Lopez Moreno on 5 October 2019.
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Denys Berinchyk made his fourth WBO International title defense against Viorel Simion on 8 October 2020.
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Denys Berinchyk made the fifth defense of his WBO regional title against Jose Sanchez on 21 March 2021.
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Denys Berinchyk made quick work of Sanchez, as he won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
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Denys Berinchyk made his sixth title defense against the former WBO International titleholder Isa Chaniev on 19 December 2021.
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Denys Berinchyk was scheduled to face Emanuel Navarrete for the vacant WBO lightweight title at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California on 18 May 2024.
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Denys Berinchyk was scheduled to make the first defense of his WBO lightweight title against Keyshawn Davis on 14 February 2025 in New York.
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Denys Berinchyk lost the fight by knockout in the fourth round with a left body shot.
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Denys Berinchyk made his bare-knuckle boxing debut against the former UFC fighter Artem Lobov at Mahatch FC 6 on 24 July 2021.