Kevin Lerena (31-4, 15) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 5, 1992. At the age of 19 years on November 30, 2011, he made his professional boxing debut against Justice Siliga, winning the fight via 2nd-round KO.
On his 30th career fight at 30 years old, Kevin Lerena got a shot at the WBA (Regular) heavyweight titles against Daniel Dubois on December 3, 2022 but lost the fight via 3rd-round TKO.
He became a bridgerweight world champion (WBC) on May 1, 2025 at the age of 32 years old, on his 34th career fight, after defeating Serhiy Radchenko via 3rd-round TKO.
Lerena's last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Lawrence Okolie at age 33 on July 19, 2025. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
Some of Kevin Lerena's best fights have been against Ryad Merhy, Dmytro Kucher, Senad Gashi, Firat Arslan, Artur Mann, Mariusz Wach and Sefer Seferi. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Kevin Lerena".
Lerena has 4 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Kevin Lerena Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35  | Jul 19, 2025 33 years, 2 months 31-4 (15) | 32 years, 7 months 21-1 (16) | HW | 10 | UD | LOSS |
34 | May 1, 2025 32 years, 11 months 31-3 (15) | Serhiy Radchenko | bridgerweight | 3 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
33  | Mar 8, 2024 31 years, 10 months 30-3 (14) | 24 years, 11 months 8-0 (4) | HW | 10 | UD | LOSS |
32  | Nov 25, 2023 31 years, 6 months 30-2 (14) | 33 years, 7 months 27-3 (26) | bridgerweight | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBC InterimVacant |
31  | May 13, 2023 31 years 29-2 (14) | 30 years, 5 months 31-1 (26) | bridgerweight | 12 | UD | WIN |
30  | Dec 3, 2022 30 years, 6 months 28-2 (14) | 25 years, 2 months 18-1 (17) | HW | 3 | TKO | LOSS For WBA (Regular) |
29  | Sep 17, 2022 30 years, 4 months 28-1 (14) | 42 years, 9 months 36-8 (19) | HW | 10 | UD | WIN |
28  | Mar 26, 2022 29 years, 10 months 27-1 (14) | 35 years, 7 months 20-3 (16) | HW | 4 | KO | WIN |
27 | Dec 19, 2020 28 years, 7 months 26-1 (13) | Patrick Ferguson | CR | 5 | TKO | WIN |
26  | Feb 8, 2020 27 years, 9 months 25-1 (12) | 49 years, 4 months 47-8-3 (32) | CR | 6 | TKO | WIN |
25  | Sep 21, 2019 27 years, 4 months 24-1 (11) | 40 years, 6 months 23-2-1 (21) | CR | 3 | TKO | WIN |
24 | Jun 8, 2019 27 years, 1 months 23-1 (10) | Vasil Ducar | CR | 12 | UD | WIN |
23  | Mar 16, 2019 26 years, 10 months 22-1 (10) | 28 years, 5 months 15-0 (8) | CR | 4 | TKO | WIN |
22 | Jun 2, 2018 26 years 21-1 (9) | Roman Golovashchenko | CR | 12 | UD | WIN |
21  | Mar 3, 2018 25 years, 9 months 20-1 (9) | 33 years, 6 months 24-2-1 (18) | CR | 12 | UD | WIN |
20 | Sep 9, 2017 25 years, 4 months 19-1 (9) | Youri Kayembre Kalenga | CR | 12 | SD | WIN |
19 | Apr 23, 2017 24 years, 11 months 18-1 (9) | Sergio Ramirez | CR | 8 | UD | WIN |
18 | Feb 4, 2017 24 years, 8 months 17-1 (9) | Vikapita Meroro | CR | 5 | TKO | WIN |
17 | Oct 22, 2016 24 years, 5 months 16-1 (8) | Micki Nielsen | CR | 10 | MD | WIN |
16 | Jun 11, 2016 24 years, 1 months 15-1 (8) | Roberto Bolonti | CR | 10 | UD | WIN |
15 | Apr 24, 2016 23 years, 11 months 14-1 (8) | Johnny Muller | CR | 10 | TKO | WIN |
14 | Jul 30, 2015 23 years, 2 months 13-1 (7) | Deon Coetzee | CR | 12 | UD | WIN |
13 | Mar 14, 2015 22 years, 10 months 12-1 (7) | Igor Pylypenko | CR | 6 | UD | WIN |
12 | Nov 15, 2014 22 years, 6 months 11-1 (7) | Johnny Muller | CR | 10 | UD | LOSS |
11 | Sep 29, 2014 22 years, 4 months 11-0 (7) | Gogita Gorgiladze | CR | 3 | KO | WIN |
10 | Aug 9, 2014 22 years, 3 months 10-0 (6) | Marcos Antonio Aumada | CR | 8 | UD | WIN |
9 | Nov 22, 2013 21 years, 6 months 9-0 (6) | Big Ben Marcell Mulumba | CR | 6 | PTS | WIN |
8 | Sep 21, 2013 21 years, 4 months 8-0 (6) | Ibrahim Labaran | CR | 2 | TKO | WIN |
7 | Jul 27, 2013 21 years, 2 months 7-0 (5) | Khayeni Hlungwane | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
6 | Feb 16, 2013 20 years, 9 months 6-0 (5) | Javier Corrales | 6 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Nov 19, 2012 20 years, 6 months 5-0 (5) | Jean Lutete Kamba | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | Oct 4, 2012 20 years, 4 months 4-0 (4) | Alex Mbaya | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Jun 16, 2012 20 years, 1 months 3-0 (3) | Lucas Jere | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Mar 26, 2012 19 years, 10 months 2-0 (2) | Gerson Singo | 1 | KO | WIN | |
1 | Nov 30, 2011 19 years, 6 months 1-0 (1) | Justice Siliga | 2 | KO | WIN |
