Kiryl Olegovich Relikh (born 26 November 1989) is a Belarusian former professional boxer. He held the WBA super lightweight title from 2018 to 2019 and challenged once for the same title in 2016.
Professional career
After turning professional in 2011, Relikh compiled a record of 21–0 before challenging WBA champion Ricky Burns for the super lightweight title, he would fall short losing via unanimous decision in a competitive fight that could have gone either way. He would then go on to fight Rances Barthelemy this time losing a very controversial decision, Relikh would get his revenge 10 months later in a fight that would also be for the vacant WBA super lightweight title.
World Boxing Super Series On June 27, 2018, Relikh was the first super lightweight to be announced for the 140 lbs edition of the series.
In the quarter-final, Relikjh defended his WBA super lightweight title against Eduard Troyanovski. In a close matchup, Relikh managed to secure a unanimous decision win, 115–113 on all three scorecards, to retain his WBA belt and move on to the WBSS semi-final.
In the semi-final, Relikh faced American Regis Prograis. In the opening round, Prograis seemed relaxed, and patiently managed to land a hard left to Relikh's liver which dropped Relikh to his knee. In the second, Relikh was careful in protecting his side, which limited his shots and let to another dominant round for Prograis. In the fifth round, Prograis continued his dominance and managed to bloody up Relikh's nose badly. In the sixth round, Relikh's corner had seen enough and threw in the towel.
Professional boxing record
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes26Loss23–3 Regis Prograis 25Win23–2 Eduard Troyanovsky 24Win22–2 Rances Barthelemy 23Loss21–2 Rances Barthelemy 22Loss21–1 Ricky Burns 21Win21–0 Joaquim Carneiro 20Win20–0 Christian Ariel Lopez 19Win19–0 Lazaro Santos de Jesus 18Win18–0 Santos Medrano 17Win17–0 Giorgi Abramishvili 16Win16–0 Ty Gilchrist 15Win15–0 Mikheil Avakyan 14Win14–0 Siarhei Kisel 13Win13–0 Paolo Gassani 12Win12–0 Artem Ayvazidi 11Win11–0 Dzmitri Tarenka 10Win10–0 Anzor Gamgebeli 9Win9–0 Yauheni Kruhlik 8Win8–0 Rakhim Mingaleyev 7Win7–0 Rustam Nasibov 6Win6–0 Siarhei Malashkevich 5Win5–0 Aliaksandr Pchalkou 4Win4–0 Siarhei Afonin 3Win3–0 Rustam Zhuraboev 2Win2–0 Traian Dimitrov 1Win1–0 Alexey Naboischikov
See also List of light-welterweight boxing champions
References
External links
Kiryl Relikh - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live