| Sergey Lipinets | |
| Nickname: | Samurai |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 170 cm |
| Reach: | 170 cm |
| Nationality: | Russian[1] |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Martuk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 22 |
| Wins: | 18 |
| Ko: | 13 |
| Losses: | 3 |
| Draws: | 1 |
Sergey Alekseyevich Lipinets (Russian: Сергей Алексеевич Липинец; born 23 March 1989) is a Russian professional boxer and former kickboxer[2] who held the IBF light-welterweight title from 2017 to 2018.
Lipinets was born in Martuk, Kazakhstan, but moved to Russia at the age of 9.[3] Lipinets originally competed as a kickboxer, medaling in competitions like the 2012 W.A.K.O. European Championships and the 2013 World Combat Games.
After a brief amateur boxing career in which he went 35–5, Lipinets turned pro in 2014.[4]
After winning 10 pro bouts, Lipinets faced Lenny Zappavigna in an IBF eliminator. The winner would become the mandatory challenger to the IBF champion, the winner of an April 2017 bout between Ricky Burns and Julius Indongo. Lipinets proved to be too much for Zappavigna, as the latter went down during round 5 before being counted out following a right straight from Lipinets in round 8. Both fighters suffered several cuts during the fight.[5]
Following Indongo's win over Burns, Lipinets tried to start negotiations with the IBF champion.[6] However, the IBF granted Indongo an exception to allow him to unify all the major light welterweight titles against Terence Crawford. After Crawford's win over Indongo, the IBF ordered Crawford to defend his title against Lipinets.[7] Lipinets stated that the IBF title was "stolen from him".[8] As Crawford didn't plan to return to the ring before the IBF's deadline, he vacated the IBF title just 11 days after defeating Indongo.[9]
The IBF ordered Lipinets to face Akihiro Kondo for their vacant title.[10] The fight was finalized for 4 November on the undercard of a Deontay Wilder bout. The event was televised on Showtime.[11] Lipinets became the IBF champion, winning by unanimous decision (118–110, 117–111, 117–111). The decision was booed upon being announced but several media outlets scored it for Lipinets, albeit on closer cards. Lipinets connected to Kondo's body often throughout the fight, but Kondo remained unfazed by the body shots. Kondo kept coming forward and rocked Lipinets in round 5. Lipinets was cut by an accidental head clash midway through the fight.[12] [13] [14]
On 24 October 2020, Lipinets faced Custio Clayton who was ranked #4 by the WBO, #5 by the IBF and #10 by the WBA. The bout ended in a majority draw, with two of the judges scoring the fight 114-114, 114-114, while the third judge saw Clayton as the winner scoring it 115-113 in his favor.[15]
In his next bout, Lipinets fought Jaron Ennis, ranked #7 by the WBO, #9 by the IBF and #12 by the WBC at welterweight.[16] Despite catching Ennis a few times, Lipinets was mostly overmatched in the bout and lost the fight via sixth round KO.[17]
Professional
Amateur
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Loss | 17–3–1 | Michel Rivera | UD | 10 | 25 Nov 2023 | |||
| 20 | Win | 17–2–1 | Omar Figueroa Jr. | RTD | 8 (12), | 20 Aug 2022 | |||
| 19 | Loss | 16–2–1 | Jaron Ennis | KO | 6 (12), | 10 Apr 2021 | |||
| 18 | Draw | 16–1–1 | Custio Clayton | 12 | 24 Oct 2020 | ||||
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Jayar Inson | TKO | 2 (10), | 20 Jul 2019 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | Lamont Peterson | TKO | 10 (12), | 24 Mar 2019 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Erick Bone | 10 | 4 Aug 2018 | ||||
| 14 | Loss | 13–1 | Mikey Garcia | UD | 12 | 10 Mar 2018 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Akihiro Kondo | UD | 12 | 4 Nov 2017 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Clarence Booth | TKO | 7 (8), | 4 Mar 2017 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Leonardo Zappavigna | KO | 8 (12), | 10 Dec 2016 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Walter Castillo | TKO | 7 (10), | 15 Jul 2016 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Levan Ghvamichava | KO | 5 (10), | 15 Mar 2016 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Haskell Rhodes | UD | 10 | 30 Oct 2015 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Kendal Mena | TKO | 3 (8), | 8 Jul 2015 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Cosme Rivera | TKO | 9 (10), | 13 Mar 2015 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Ernie Sanchez | KO | 8 (10), | 28 Nov 2014 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Daniel Lomeli | 7 (8), | 27 Sep 2014 | ||||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Rynell Griffin | KO | 3 (6), | 18 Jul 2014 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Dzemil Cosovic | 4 (6), | 30 May 2014 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Franklin Varela | 6 | 25 Apr 2014 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2012-10-20|| Win||align=left|
Rasul Kachakaev || Grand Prix Russia Open || Moscow, Russia|| KO (Left Hook) || 1 ||
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2012-08-|| Win||align=left|
Maxim Kolpak|| || Russia|| Decision || 3 || 3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2012-03-03|| Win||align=left|
Mickael Lacombe || Full Contact International Gala || Montceau-les-Mines, France|| KO || 4 || |-! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2011-12-21|| Win||align=left| Sergey Popa || || Moscow, Russia|| TKO || 1 ||
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2011-05-28|| Win||align=left| Vitaly Lisnyak || Grand Prix Russia Open || Moscow, Russia|| Decision || 3 ||3:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2010-11-27|| Win||align=left| Alexey Radik || || Moscow, Russia|| Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2009-05-21|| Loss||align=left| Serhiy Adamchuk || BARS: Russia vs Ukraine || Russia, Moscow|| KO || 2 || |-| colspan=9 | Legend:
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2013-12-08|| Win ||align=left|
Elnur Daryagir || 2013 WAKO World Championships, Final || Antalya, Turkey|| Decision || 3 || 2:00|-! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2013-12-07|| Win ||align=left|
Aibek Duishembiev || 2013 WAKO World Championships, Semi Final || Antalya, Turkey|| Decision || 3 || 2:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2013-12-05|| Win ||align=left|
Milton Galarreta || 2013 WAKO World Championships, Quarter Final || Antalya, Turkey|| TKO || 2 ||
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2013-12-04|| Win ||align=left|
Andoni Iglesias || 2013 WAKO World Championships, 1/8 Final || Antalya, Turkey|| Decision || 3 || 2:00
|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2013-10-25|| Loss||align=left|
Gabor Gorbics || 2013 World Combat Games, Final || Saint Petersburg, Russia|| Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00|-! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2013-10-23|| Win ||align=left| William Saidi || 2013 World Combat Games, Semi Final || Saint Petersburg, Russia|| Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2013-10-21|| Win ||align=left| Konstyantyn Demoretsky || 2013 World Combat Games, Quarter Final || Saint Petersburg, Russia|| Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2012-12-01|| Win ||align=left| Gabor Garbics || 2012 WAKO European Championships, Final || Bucharest, Romania|| Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00|-! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2012-11-30|| Win ||align=left| || 2012 WAKO European Championships, Semi Final || Bucharest, Romania|| Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 2:00
|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2011-11-|| Loss||align=left| Konstyantyn Demoretsky || 2011 WAKO World Championships, Final || Dublin, Ireland|| Decision (Majority) || 3 || 2:00|-! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2011-11-|| Win ||align=left| || 2011 WAKO World Championships, Semi Final || Dublin, Ireland|| Decision (Majority) || 3 || 2:00|-| colspan=9 | Legend: