On February 20, 2021, a 35-year-old Artur Akavov (20-3, 9 KOs) and a 31-year-old Brazilian boxer Esquiva Falcão (27-0, 19 KOs) met in the ring.
Akavov came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 2 days. Falcão was on a 27-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 22 days.
Esquiva Falcão stopped Artur Akavov via RTD in the 4th round. Falcão improves his record to 28-0 (20 KOs), while Akavov adds a loss to his record at 20-4.
On January 18, 2019, a 33-year-old Artur Akavov (19-2, 8 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBO title held by 30-year-old American boxer Demetrius Andrade (26-0, 16 KOs).
Akavov came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 6 days. Andrade was on a 26-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 29 days.
Demetrius Andrade stopped Artur Akavov via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO middleweight title. Andrade improves his record to 27-0 (17 KOs), while Akavov adds a loss to his record at 19-3.
On December 3, 2016, a 30-year-old Artur Akavov (16-1, 7 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBO title held by 27-year-old British boxer Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs).
Akavov came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 41% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 3 days. Saunders was on a 23-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 14 days.
Billy Joe Saunders defeated Artur Akavov via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO middleweight title. Saunders improves his record to 24-0, while Akavov adds a loss to his record at 16-2.
On April 4, 2012, a 26-year-old Artur Akavov (5-0, 0 KOs) and Oleg Liseev met in the ring.
Akavov came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 0% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 27 days.
Artur Akavov lost to Oleg Liseev via unanimous decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 5-1.