On June 16, 2019, Ilunga Makabu (24-2, 23 KOs) and Dmitry Kudryashov (23-2, 23 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round cruiserweight bout.
Ilunga Makabu is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Giorgi Tevdorashvili, 6 months and 8 days ago. Dmitry Kudryashov is on a 2-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Alexandru Jur, 9 months and 1 day ago.
This should be a confident win for Ilunga Makabu at 99-1 winning odds. Dmitry Kudryashov really doesn't have much to present against Makabu.
Ilunga Makabu stopped Dmitry Kudryashov via TKO in the 5th round. Makabu improves his record to 25-2 (24 KOs), while Kudryashov adds a loss to his record at 23-3.