Bakole vs Shevadzutskyi

Who won Bakole vs Shevadzutskyi?

Martin Bakole Ilunga beat Ihor Shevadzutskyi by technical knockout in the 3rd round on Saturday 22nd April 2023 at G2A Arena in Rzeszow.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Alen Babic losing to Lukasz Rozanski. Also, on the undercard Michal Cieslak beat Dylan Bregeon.

Bakole vs Shevadzutskyi stats

Martin Bakole Ilunga stepped into the ring with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Ihor Shevadzutskyi made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 10 wins and 0 draws.

Martin Bakole Ilunga was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Both Martin Bakole Ilunga & Ihor Shevadzutskyi fought out of an orthodox stance.

Bakole was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 4 months earlier than Shevadzutskyi, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 47 more professional rounds, 76 to Shevadzutskyi's 29.

Martin Bakole Ilunga went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBA and 7 by the WBC at heavyweight.

Bakole vs Shevadzutskyi form

Bakole had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Tony Yoka on 14th May 2022 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Accord Hotels Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had defeated Haruna Osumanu on 18th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Sport Society, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beat Sergey Kuzmin on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Rodney Hernandez on 2nd November 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Manchester Arena, Lancashire.

He had beat Kevin Johnson on 19th October 2019 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Newcastle Arena, Tyne and Wear.

Activity check

Bakole's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Bakole vs Shevadzutskyi start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM UTC at G2A Arena, Rzeszow, Poland, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:00 PM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Bakole vs Shevadzutskyi?

Bakole vs Shevadzutskyi was broadcast on Sky Sports Action in the UK.

What were the odds on Bakole vs Shevadzutskyi?

Martin Bakole Ilunga was a 1/20 (-2000) favourite going into the contest, while Ihor Shevadzutskyi made his way into the ring at 9/1 (+900) with oddsmakers.