On October 21, 2017, a 36-year-old Krzysztof Włodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOs) got a shot at the cruiserweight IBF title held by 24-year-old Russian boxer Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOs).
Włodarczyk came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. Gassiev was on a 24-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 18 days.
Murat Gassiev made easy work of Krzysztof Włodarczyk, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Gassiev improves his record to 25-0 (18 KOs), while Włodarczyk adds a loss to his record at 53-4-1.
On September 27, 2014, the 33-year-old WBC cruiserweight world champion, Krzysztof Włodarczyk (49-2-1, 35 KOs), faced Grigory Drozd, in a title defense fight.
Włodarczyk came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 21 days.
Krzysztof Włodarczyk was defending his cruiserweight WBC titles against Grigory Drozd and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round cruiserweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 49-3-1.
On May 26, 2007, Krzysztof Włodarczyk and Steve Cunningham met again in an immediate rematch.
Włodarczyk came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day. Cunningham was on a -1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 1 day.
Steve Cunningham defeated Krzysztof Włodarczyk via majority decision in the rematch and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Cunningham improves his record to 20-1, while Włodarczyk adds a loss to his record at 37-2.
On April 26, 2003, a 21-year-old Krzysztof Włodarczyk (20-0, 16 KOs) and Pavel Melkomyan met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Włodarczyk came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 11 days.
Krzysztof Włodarczyk lost to Pavel Melkomyan via technical decision in the 12-round cruiserweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 20-1.