On April 27, 2019, the 29-year-old WBA super-lightweight world champion, Kiryl Relikh (23-2, 19 KOs), faced a 30-year-old American boxer Regis Prograis (23-0, 19 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Relikh came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 20 days. Prograis was on a 23-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months.
Regis Prograis stopped the champion via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA super-lightweight champion. Prograis improves his record to 24-0 (20 KOs), while Relikh adds a loss to his record at 23-3.
On May 20, 2017, a 27-year-old Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 KOs) and a 30-year-old Cuban boxer Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KOs) met in the ring.
Relikh came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 86% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 13 days. Barthelemy was on a 25-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 17 days.
Rances Barthelemy defeated Kiryl Relikh via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Barthelemy improves his record to 26-0, while Relikh adds a loss to his record at 21-2.
On October 7, 2016, a 26-year-old Kiryl Relikh (21-0, 19 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight WBA title held by 33-year-old Scottish boxer Ricky Burns (40-5-1, 14 KOs).
Relikh came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 24 days. Burns was on a 3-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 9 days.
Ricky Burns defeated Kiryl Relikh via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA super-lightweight title. Burns improves his record to 41-5-1, while Relikh adds a loss to his record at 21-1.