On January 28, 2023, a 22-year-old Karol Itauma (9-0, 7 KOs) and a 36-year-old Argentinian boxer Ezequiel Maderna (28-10, 18 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Itauma came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 25 days. Maderna was on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 25 days.
Ezequiel Maderna stopped Karol Itauma via TKO in the 5th round. Maderna improves his record to 29-10 (19 KOs), while Itauma adds a loss to his record at 9-1.