Daniel is a 23 year old from Israel. He's 2-0 with two KOs. He stopped Marcus Smith, who was 2-0 at the time, with fourteen seconds left in the four-round affair on December 7. Against Smith, Ivanonski was patient, set up his shots, and attacked the body. But he was susceptible to Smith's lead overhand rights, a flaw that must be corrected quickly.
Kirnon is a 35 year old veteran of ten fights. His record is 2-7-1 with one KO. He had been stopped five times. The Bronx-born resident of Florida won his first two fights nine years ago. After a two-year lay-off he settled into his role as the B-side, going 0-7-1 since.
Kirnon is the right opponent for this stage of Ivanovski's career because he has more experience, has faced the tougher competition, and initially will come to fight. He's also the right opponent, because he will quickly settle into an 'opponent' mindset if there isn't a knockout either way immediately. Kirnon's jab was fluid against Joel Mutombo, but his right hand is slower than dial-up internet, which should keep Ivanovski out of danger. The Floridian's weight has been around 185 in recent contests, but was as high as 227 early in his career.
Kirnon's best opponent was Jared Anderson, who he faced in 2019. Kirnon had nothing for "The Real Big Baby." He also was never in the fight against the gigantic Ivan Dychko, but Kirnon was competitive against noted amateur Fernely Feliz Jr. before bowing out in the second round with an injury to his right arm in 2021.
Kirnon has fought three times in the last year and a half. Stephen's defense primarily relies on blocking punches with a high guard, so Breezy Richards, Mutombo, and A'mire Lewis all went down to the body with tremendous success. After quelling Kirnon's initial charge, Ivanovski should follow suit to the body to set up his head shots.
Anderson and Dychko have been the only two men to stop Kirnon in the opening round. Lewis is listed as winning by TKO in the first in their fight last August, but video showed Kirnon lasted until the bell and was not in danger of being stopped in that moment. This will be a good test to see where Ivanovski is compared to Anderson and Dychko.
If Ivanovski gets by Kirnon without much issue, he is on the schedule to fight on February 15 at the Durham Armory in Durham, North Carolina, USA in another cruiserweight bout. No opponent has been named for that one.
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