Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (; born 29 August 1993) is an Uzbek professional boxer, representative of the middleweight category who held the WBC "Silver" welterweight title from 2017 to 2018. 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.
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 (20-2-1), whom Abdukakhorov defeated by technical knockout in the first round.
In March 2017, Abdukakhorov claimed the WBC "Silver" welterweight title against Charles Manyuchi.
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.
In March 2018, he made the second defense of the championship belt, winning on points from the experienced Hungarian Laszlo Toth (25-3-1).
On October 18, 2019, he defeated the ex-world champion experienced American Luis Collazo. (39-7).
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
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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes24Loss20–4Jorge Garcia PerezUD10Dec 14 202423Loss20–3Andreas Katzourakis10May 31, 202422Win20–2Maono AllyKO2 (8), 17 Nov 202321Win19–2Juraboy ZokirovRTD3 (10), 5 Oct 202320Loss18–2Ve Shawn OwensUD1025 Feb 202319Loss18–1Cody CrowleyUD1011 Dec 202118Win18–0Javier FloresRTD8 (10), 13 Mar 202117Win17–0Luis Collazo10 (10), 18 Oct 201916Win16–0Keita ObaraUD1230 Mar 201915Win15–0Twaha KidukuUD125 May 201814Win14–0Laszlo TothUD1217 Mar 201813Win13–0Sherzodbek Alimjanov2 (10), 18 Nov 201712Win12–0Dmitri MikhaylenkoUD129 Jul 201711Win11–0Charles ManyuchiTKO1 (12), 25 Mar 201710Win10–0Idd PialariTKO3 (12), 10 Feb 20179Win9–0Romeo JakosalemTKO5 (8), 7 Jan 20178Win8–0Adones CabalquintoUD1223 Jul 2016 7Win7–0Larry SiwuUD810 Jun 20166Win6–0Juan Bedollo Arozco1016 Apr 20165Win5–0Islam MiraxmedovKO3 (10), 5 Mar 20164Win4–0Jaba ShalutashviliKO3 (8)16 Jan 20163Win3–0Abbos MaxammatyuldashevKO3 (8)6 Dec 20152Win2–0Shohruh Bekmirzaev6 (8)22 Nov 20151Win1–0Timur Smirnov5 (6)18 Oct 2015
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