On October 27, 2018, Ivan Baranchyk (18-0, 11 KOs) and Anthony Yigit (21-0-1, 7 KOs) battle it out for the vacant IBF super-lightweight world titles. The vacant IBF super-lightweight title is also on the line.
Ivan Baranchyk is coming in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Petr Petrov, 7 months and 18 days ago. Anthony Yigit is on a 16-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Joe Hughes, 10 months and 25 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Ivan Baranchyk at 99-1 winning odds. Anthony Yigit really doesn't have much to present against Baranchyk.
Anthony Yigit refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Ivan Baranchyk is crowned the new IBF super-lightweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Baranchyk improves his record to 19-0 (12 KOs), while Yigit adds a loss to his record at 21-1-1.