On April 22, 2023, a 33-year-old Ihor Shevadzutskyi (10-0, 8 KOs) and a 29-year-old Congolese boxer Martin Bakole (18-1, 13 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Shevadzutskyi came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 9 days. Bakole was on a 7-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 8 days.
Martin Bakole stopped Ihor Shevadzutskyi via KO in the 3rd round. Bakole improves his record to 19-1 (14 KOs), while Shevadzutskyi adds a loss to his record at 10-1.