Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-12, pretty good fight between Martin Bakole and Sergey Kuzmin: it gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the best boxing fights of 2020).
Martin Bakole Ilunga entered this fight with a professional record of 15-1-0 (12 KOs=80%) and he is ranked as the No.20 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Michael Hunter in 2018, since then he has won four bouts defeating Mariusz Wach (Mariusz Wach vs Martin Bakole Ilunga), Ytalo Perea, Kevin Johnson and Rodney Hernandez.
His opponent, Sergey Kuzmin, has a boxing record of 15-1-0 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year beating Joey Dawejko and losing to Michael Hunter (Michael Hunter vs Sergey Kuzmin). Kuzmin vs Bakole is valid for the vacant WBC International heavyweight title; undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Sergey Kuzmin fight videos
2019 BOXING fight – Michael Hunter vs Sergey Kuzmin – full fight Video
The former Olympian Michael Hunter entered this fight with a boxing record of 17-1-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.36 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Oleksandr Usyk in 2017 (Oleksandr Usyk vs Michael Hunter), after this bout he has won five bouts defeating Alexander Ustinov (Michael Hunter vs Alexander Ustinov) and Fabio Maldonado in his last two (Michael Hunter vs Fabio Maldonado).
His opponent, the undefeated Sergey Kuzmin, has a perfect record of 15-0-0 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has won over David Price (Sergey Kuzmin vs David Price), LaRon Mitchell (Sergey Kuzmin vs LaRon Mitchell) and Joey Dawejko. Hunter vs Kuzmin is valid for the WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title; undercard of Devin Haney vs Zaur Abdullaev. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2018 BOXING fight – Sergey Kuzmin vs David Price – full fight Video
The undefeated Sergey Kuzmin entered this fight with a perfect record of 12-0-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.29 heavyweight in the world. In his last three fights he has collected two victories, against Malcolm Tann and Jeremiah Karpency, and one no-contest, with Amir Mansour (Sergey Kuzmin vs Amir Mansour).
His opponent, the former Olympian David Price, has a boxing record of 22-5-0 (18 KOs=82%) and he entered as the No.53 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Christian Hammer in 2017 (Christian Hammer vs David Price) and Alexander Povetkin in 2018 (Alexander Povetkin vs David Price); between these two bouts he beat Kamil Sokolowski. Kuzmin vs Price is on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2018 BOXING fight – Sergey Kuzmin vs LaRon Mitchell – full fight Video
The undefeated Sergey Kuzmin entered this fight with a perfect record of 13-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.21 heavyweight in the world. In his last three fights he has won over Amir Mansour (Sergey Kuzmin vs Amir Mansour), Jeremiah Karpency and David Price (Sergey Kuzmin vs David Price).
His opponent, LaRon Mitchell, has a boxing record of 16-1-0 (14 KOs=87%) and he entered as the No.112 in the same weight class but he comes off his first loss, against Rodney Hernandez; before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Mike Bissett. Kuzmin vs Mitchell is valid for the WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title; undercard of Dmitry Bivol vs Jean Pascal. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2017 BOXING fight – Sergey Kuzmin vs Amir Mansour – full fight Video
The undefeated Sergey Kuzmin entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 11-0-0 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2017 winning over Vaclav Pejsar, Keenan Hickman and Malcolm Tann.
His opponent, the 45-year-old Amir Mansour (15 years older than Kuzmin), has an official record of 23-2-1 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class. He lost to Dominic Breazeale in 2016 (=Mansour vs Breazeale) but he cam back to win in 2017 with Travis Kauffman (=Kauffman vs Mansour). Mansour vs Kuzmin is valid for the vacant WBC International heavyweight title; undercard of Eduard Troyanovsky vs Carlos Manuel Portillo. Watch the video and rate this fight!