On October 21, 2017, Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17 KOs), the cruiserweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Krzysztof Włodarczyk (53-3-1, 37 KOs).
Murat Gassiev is coming in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Denis Lebedev, 10 months and 18 days ago. Krzysztof Włodarczyk is on a 4-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Noel Gevor, 5 months and 1 day ago.
This should be a confident win for Murat Gassiev at 99-1 winning odds. Krzysztof Włodarczyk really doesn't have much to present against Gassiev.
Murat Gassiev made easy work of Krzysztof Włodarczyk, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Gassiev improves his record to 25-0 (18 KOs), while Włodarczyk adds a loss to his record at 53-4-1.