On June 28, 2014, Ilunga Makabu (16-1, 15 KOs) and Glen Johnson (54-18-2, 37 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round cruiserweight bout.
Ilunga Makabu is coming in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Ruben Angel Mino, 4 months and 27 days ago. Glen Johnson is on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Jaime Velasquez, 4 months and 7 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Ilunga Makabu at 99-1 winning odds. Glen Johnson really doesn't have much to present against Makabu.
Ilunga Makabu stopped Glen Johnson via TKO in the 9th round. Makabu improves his record to 17-1 (16 KOs), while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 54-19-2.