On September 10, 2021, a 36-year-old Igor Mikhalkin (24-2, 11 KOs) and a 32-year-old French boxer Mathieu Bauderlique (20-1, 11 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Mikhalkin came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 21 days. Bauderlique was on a 8-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 5 days.
Mathieu Bauderlique stopped Igor Mikhalkin via RTD in the 7th round. Bauderlique improves his record to 21-1 (12 KOs), while Mikhalkin adds a loss to his record at 24-3.
On March 3, 2018, a 32-year-old Igor Mikhalkin (21-1, 9 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBO title held by 34-year-old fellow Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev (31-2-1, 27 KOs).
Mikhalkin came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 1 day. Kovalev was on a 1-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 6 days.
Sergey Kovalev stopped Igor Mikhalkin via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Kovalev improves his record to 32-2-1 (28 KOs), while Mikhalkin adds a loss to his record at 21-2.
On May 22, 2010, a 24-year-old Igor Mikhalkin (11-0, 7 KOs) and Aleksy Kuziemski met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Mikhalkin came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 3 days.
Igor Mikhalkin lost to Aleksy Kuziemski via unanimous decision in the 10-round light-heavyweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 11-1.