{"id":628653,"date":"2026-04-24T21:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/628653\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:30:11","slug":"where-to-glimpse-lerena-vs-merhy-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/628653\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to glimpse\u00a0 Lerena vs Merhy II?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where to glimpse\u00a0 Lerena vs Merhy II?<\/p>\n<p>South African Kevin Lerena has been a consistent presence in the bridgerweight division, where he captured the WBC world title and established himself as one of the most solid fighters in the category.<\/p>\n<p>With ample experience on the international stage and against high-level opposition, Lerena enters with a record of 31-4, with 15 knockouts, looking to remain among the elite.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Lerena and Ryad Merhy first met in 2022 in a high-level cruiserweight bout. In a close and high-pressure fight, Lerena earned a unanimous decision victory, using his volume and consistency throughout the rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Merhy showed durability and technical skill. He had his moments, but was unable to adjust to or match Lerena\u2019s pace.<\/p>\n<p>Belgian Ryad Merhy won the cruiserweight world title in 2021, establishing himself as a technical and disciplined fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, he has faced top opposition, standing out for his tactical order and resilience. He enters this bout with a record of 35-3, with 29 knockouts, determined to reaffirm his place among the best.<\/p>\n<p>When and where is the fight?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The fight will take place on May 30 at Halls des Expositions in Charleroi, Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Where to watch the fight?<\/p>\n<p>The fight will be streamed on:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/12rounds.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> https:\/\/12rounds.be\/<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@beboxe\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@beboxe\/streams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras: 4:00 pm (Central Time)<br \/>\n\u00a0United States (ET): 6:00 pm<br \/>\n\u00a0Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama: 5:00 pm<br \/>\n\u00a0Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Venezuela: 6:00 pm<br \/>\n\u00a0Argentina, Uruguay, Chile: 7:00 pm<br \/>\n\u00a0Spain: 12:00 am (June 1)<\/p>\n<p>Undercard<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Kevin Lerena vs Ryad Merhy II for the WBC bridgerweight title.<\/p>\n<p>The card will feature Femke Hermans, Ibrahima Diallo, Antoine Vanackere, and Bilal Laggoune, with opponents yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The rest of the card will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181574 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/merhy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1132\" height=\"1600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_181578\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"181578\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764343693_289_ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where to glimpse\u00a0 Lerena vs Merhy II? South African Kevin Lerena has been a consistent presence in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-628653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}