On November 25, 2023, a 34-year-old Sergey Lipinets (17-2-1, 13 KOs) and a 25-year-old Dominican boxer Michel Rivera (24-1, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Lipinets came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 5 days. Rivera was on a -1-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 8 days.
Michel Rivera defeated Sergey Lipinets via unanimous decision in the 10-round super-lightweight fight. Rivera improves his record to 25-1, while Lipinets adds a loss to his record at 17-3-1.
On April 10, 2021, a 32-year-old Sergey Lipinets (16-1-1, 12 KOs) and a 23-year-old American boxer Jaron Ennis (26-0, 24 KOs) met in the ring.
Lipinets came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days. Ennis was on a 26-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 22 days.
Jaron Ennis stopped Sergey Lipinets via KO in the 6th round. Ennis improves his record to 27-0 (25 KOs), while Lipinets adds a loss to his record at 16-2-1.
On March 10, 2018, the 28-year-old IBF super-lightweight world champion, Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs), faced a 30-year-old American boxer Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Lipinets came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 6 days. Garcia was on a 37-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 10 days.
Mikey Garcia defeated Sergey Lipinets via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title. Garcia improves his record to 38-0, while Lipinets adds a loss to his record at 13-1.