On December 15, 2018, a 35-year-old Karo Murat (32-3-1, 21 KOs) and Sven Fornling met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Murat came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 21 days.
Karo Murat lost to Sven Fornling via unanimous decision in the 12-round light-heavyweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 32-4-1.
On December 12, 2015, a 32-year-old Karo Murat (27-2-1, 17 KOs) and a 33-year-old Cuban boxer Sullivan Barrera (16-0, 11 KOs) met in the ring.
Murat came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 17 days. Barrera was on a 16-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 17 days.
Sullivan Barrera stopped Karo Murat via KO in the 5th round. Barrera improves his record to 17-0 (12 KOs), while Murat adds a loss to his record at 27-3-1.
On October 26, 2013, a 30-year-old Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight IBF title held by 48-year-old American boxer Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KOs).
Murat came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 24 days. Hopkins was on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 17 days.
Bernard Hopkins defeated Karo Murat via unanimous decision and successfully defended his IBF light-heavyweight title. Hopkins improves his record to 54-6-2, while Murat adds a loss to his record at 25-2-1.
On September 18, 2010, a 27-year-old Karo Murat (22-0, 13 KOs) and a 23-year-old Welsh boxer Nathan Cleverly (19-0, 9 KOs) met in the ring.
Murat came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 17 days. Cleverly was on a 19-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 5 days.
Nathan Cleverly stopped Karo Murat via RTD in the 9th round. Cleverly improves his record to 20-0 (10 KOs), while Murat adds a loss to his record at 22-1.