Kevin Lerena was born on 5 May 1992 and is a South African professional boxer.
34 Facts About Kevin Lerena
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Kevin Lerena has held the World Boxing Council bridgerweight title since 2024.
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Kevin Lerena made his first and only title defense against Johnny Muller on 24 April 2016.
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Kevin Lerena won the fight by a tenth-round technical knockout.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to face the one-time WBA World light heavyweight title challenger Roberto Bolonti on 11 June 2016.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to face the undefeated Micki Nielsen on 22 October 2016.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to fight Vikapita Meroro on 4 February 2017.
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Kevin Lerena won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to face Sergio Ramirez on 23 April 2017.
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Kevin Lerena won the fight by unanimous decision, after the eight scheduled rounds were contested.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to face Maxim Maslov for the vacant IBO cruiserweight title on 12 August 2017, at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa.
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Kevin Lerena was replaced by the former WBC Continental cruiserweight champion Olanrewaju Durodola.
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Kevin Lerena was able to rally in the mid rounds however, and did enough to edge the fight in his favor.
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Kevin Lerena scored the sole knockdown of the fight in the fifth round, dropping Golovashchenko with a left hand, although he was unable to finish his opponent.
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Kevin Lerena was cleared of any wrongdoing by the IBO on 2 February 2019.
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Kevin Lerena made the third defense of his IBO title against the undefeated Artur 'Thunder' Mann.
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Kevin Lerena first knocked Mann down twice in the second round, with an uppercut and a flurry of punches.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to make his fourth IBO title defense against Vasil Ducar on 8 June 2019.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to make his fifth IBO title defense against Sefer Seferi on 21 September 2019, at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa.
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Kevin Lerena landed a left hook to the body, followed by a left hook to the head, which floored Seferi.
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Kevin Lerena made his sixth IBO title defense against the two-time WBO title challenger Firat Arslan on 8 February 2020, at the EWS Arena in Goppingen, Germany.
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Kevin Lerena beat the 49-year old by a sixth-round technical knockout.
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Kevin Lerena staggered his opponent with a left hook, and landed a number of unanswered punches, which forced Arslan's corner to throw in the towel.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to face Patrick Ferguson in a non-title, heavyweight bout on 19 December 2020, at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa.
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Kevin Lerena faced Bogdan Dinu for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title on 26 March 2022.
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Kevin Lerena captured his first heavyweight title with a fourth-round knockout of Dinu.
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Kevin Lerena was scheduled to face the one-time unified heavyweight title challenger Mariusz Wach on 17 September 2022, at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa.
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Kevin Lerena challenged Daniel Dubois for the WBA heavyweight title on Dec 3,2022 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England.
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Dubois weighed 240.25 pounds and Kevin Lerena came in at a lean 231 pounds.
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Dubois was dropped by Kevin Lerena's left hand on all three occasions.
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Referee Howard Foster stopped the fight as Kevin Lerena picked himself up from the canvas.
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Kevin Lerena faced the former WBA cruiserweight titleholder Ryad Merhy in a WBC bridgerweight title eliminator on 13 May 2023, at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa.
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Kevin Lerena faced Senad Gashi for the vacant WBC interim bridgerweight title on 25 November 2023, at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa.
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On 8 March 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Kevin Lerena was defeated by Justis Huni via unanimous decision.