Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (Uzbek: Кудратилло Хабибулло Угли Абдукахоров; born 29 August 1993) is an Uzbekprofessional boxer, representative of the middleweight category who held the WBC "Silver"[1]welterweight title from 2017 to 2018.[2][3] In the mid-2010s, he performed among amateurs, bronze medalist of the national championship of Uzbekistan, participant of international tournaments.
Amateur career
Abdukakhorov's first amateur fight took place in 2004. He was a four-time national champion as an amateur but he never represented his country in international competition. He holds a 280–50 record as an amateur.[4]
Professional career
Abdukakhorov made his professional debut on 18 October 2015. While still an active amateur boxer, in October 2015 Kudratillo Abdukakhorov successfully made his professional debut, winning against his opponent ahead of schedule already in the third round. At first, he performed exclusively at home, in particular, in March 2016, he won the vacant title of champion of Uzbekistan among professionals in the welterweight category, knocking out compatriot Islam Mirakhmedov. Some of Abdukakhorov's best fights and notable victories include wins over Charles Manyuchi, Keita Obara, Sherzodbek Alimjanov, Luis Collazo, Javier Flores, Idd Pialari, and Romeo Jakosalem.
Subsequently, he successfully performed in Singapore and Malaysia, became the owner of several regional titles, in particular, he was an international champion according to the World Boxing Foundation (WBF), a silver champion according to the Asian Boxing Council (ABCO), a silver champion according to the World Boxing Council (WBC). The last title was won by him in a duel with Zimbabwean Charles Manyuchi[5][6] (20-2-1), whom Abdukakhorov defeated by technical knockout in the first round.
In July 2017, at a tournament in Yekaterinburg, he met with Russian Dmitry Mikhailenko (22-1) — the confrontation between them lasted all the allotted 12 rounds, as a result, the judges unanimously gave the victory to Abdukakhorov, and he retained his WBC silver champion title.[7][8]
In March 2018, he made the second defense of the championship belt, winning on points from the experienced Hungarian Laszlo Toth (25-3-1).[9][10]
On October 18, 2019, he defeated the ex-world champion experienced American Luis Collazo. (39-7).[11][12]
On June 25, 2020, it became known that Abdukakhorov would hold a title fight for the IBF interim welterweight champion belt with Sergey Lipinets. But the Uzbek withdrew from the fight due to problems with obtaining an American visa, and Canadian Custio Clayton took his place[13][14]
On March 13, 2021, a 27-year old Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (17-0, 9 KO) fought Javier Flores in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Flores via 8th round RTD.[15]
