| Krzysztof Włodarczyk | |
| Nickname: | Diablo ("Devil") |
| Weight: | Cruiserweight Bridgerweight |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Reach: | 191 cm |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Warsaw, Polish People's Republic |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 71 |
| Wins: | 66 |
| Ko: | 45 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 1 |
Krzysztof Włodarczyk (pronounced as /pl/; born 19 September 1981) is a Polish professional boxer. He is a two-time world champion in the cruiserweight division, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title from 2006 to 2007, and World Boxing Council (WBC) title from 2010 to 2014.
Włodarczyk held the IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight title during 2001–2002, the Polish International cruiserweight title during 2002–2004, the WBC Youth cruiserweight title during 2003–2004, the World Boxing Foundation cruiserweight title in 2004, the European Union cruiserweight title in 2005, the International Boxing Council cruiserweight title during 2006–2007, the WBC FECARBOX cruiserweight title in 2006 and the IBF cruiserweight title during 2006–2007.[1]
His trainer is Fiodor Lapin.
He won the IBF title on November 25, 2006 with a split decision over Steve Cunningham (19–0, 11 KOs) but lost in a rematch on May 26, 2007.
He fought Giacobbe Fragomeni (26–1, 10 KOs) on May 16, 2009 for the WBC cruiserweight title. Włodarczyk knocked down his opponent during round 9 but the fight went to a draw, in May 2010 he won a heated rematch by TKO in round 8[2] at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland.
In September 2010, Włodarczyk defended his title against unsung Jason Robinson.In November 2011, he successfully defended his title against Australian Danny Green (31–4, 27 KOs) by TKO in the eleventh round at Challenge Stadium in Western Australia.[3] He also beat undefeated Puerto Rican Francisco Palacios by SD in 2011 and by UD in 2012.[4]
In 2013 he upset undefeated Russian Olympic champion Rakhim Chakhkiev (16–0, 12 KOs) after coming off the deck to win by KO in Moscow for his arguably biggest win.[5] On December 6, 2013 Wlodarczyk made his 6th successful title defence when he fought Giacobbe Fragomeni a third time at UIC Pavilion in Chicago.[6] The fight was stopped after round 6 in favour of Wlodarczyk, due to a cut over Fragomeni's left eye.
Wlodarczyk lost his WBC cruiserweight title on September 27, 2014 to Grigory Drozd (38–1, 27 KOs).[7] At the Krylatskoe Sport Palace in Moscow, the judges scored the bout 118–109, 119–108, 119–108 all in favour of Drozd.
On 20 May 2017, he fought undefeated contender Noel Gevor. In a rough, close fight, Wlodarczyk managed to outperform Gevor in the final rounds in order to snatch a split-decision win.[8]
On 21 October 2017 Wlodarczyk challenged IBF champion Murat Gassiev (24–0, 18 KOs) in the World Boxing Super Series quarter-final bout at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Gassiev delivered a 3rd round KO, connecting with a left to the body, dropping Wlodarczyk.
Wlodarczyk notched his 55th career win on 2 June 2018 at the G2A Arena in Rzeszow, when he outboxed Nigeria’s Olanrewaju Durodola (27–5, 25 KOs) to a unanimous decision.[9] The judges scored the fight 97–93, 97–93 and 98–92 on the third card. It was Wlodarczyk’s second victory following his first ever stoppage defeat.
On November 6, 2021 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk registered his 60th victory as Argentinian Maximiliano Gomez (29–5, 13 KOs) bowed out after four rounds.[10]
On October 7, 2023 Wlodarczyk faced professional mixed martial artist (28–17), former UFC fighter, and boxer (29–7, 28 KOs), Fabio Maldonado. The bout – held at the Hala MOSiR, Jastrzębie-Zdrój – was stopped by referee Tomasz Chwoszcz in the seventh round, with a Wlodarczyk TKO win.[11]
On May 25, 2025 Wlodarczyk faced fellow countryman (20–2), Adam Balski for the WBC interim Bridgerweight title. The bout was stopped by referee Daniel Van de Wiele in the tenth round, where Wlodarczyk won via KO, and thus winning his first title in nine years.[12] [13]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Win | Adam Balski | KO | 10 (12), | 25 May 2025 | ||||
| 70 | Win | Pablo Cesar Villanueva | UD | 8 | 24 Feb 2024 | ||||
| 69 | Win | 64–4–1 | Edwin Mosquera | KO | 1 (8), | 4 Nov 2023 | |||
| 68 | Win | 63–4–1 | Fabio Maldonado | KO | 7 (8), | 7 Oct 2023 | |||
| 67 | Win | 62–4–1 | Sylvera Louis | KO | 7 (8), | 5 May 2023 | |||
| 66 | Win | 61–4–1 | Cesar Hernan Reynoso | TKO | 6 (8), | 29 Sep 2022 | |||
| 65 | Win | 60–4–1 | Maximiliano Jorge Gomez | TKO | 4 (8), | 6 Nov 2021 | |||
| 64 | Win | 59–4–1 | Vadym Novopashyn | UD | 8 | 17 Jul 2021 | |||
| 63 | Win | 58–4–1 | Taylor Mabika | UD | 10 | 30 Nov 2019 | |||
| 62 | Win | 57–4–1 | Alexandru Jur | UD | 10 | 23 Mar 2019 | |||
| 61 | Win | 56–4–1 | Al Sands | KO | 2 (10), | 6 Oct 2018 | |||
| 60 | Win | 55–4–1 | Olanrewaju Durodola | UD | 10 | 2 Jun 2018 | |||
| 59 | Win | 54–4–1 | Adam Gadajew | RTD | 2 (8), | 10 Feb 2018 | |||
| 58 | Loss | 53–4–1 | Murat Gassiev | KO | 3 (12), | 21 Oct 2017 | |||
| 57 | Win | 53–3–1 | Noel Gevor | SD | 12 | 20 May 2017 | |||
| 56 | Win | 52–3–1 | Leon Harth | UD | 12 | 10 Dec 2016 | |||
| 55 | Win | 51–3–1 | Kai Kurzawa | TKO | 4 (12), | 28 May 2016 | |||
| 54 | Win | 50–3–1 | Valery Brudov | TKO | 2 (8), | 4 Mar 2016 | |||
| 53 | Loss | 49–3–1 | Grigory Drozd | UD | 12 | 27 Sep 2014 | |||
| 52 | Win | 49–2–1 | Giacobbe Fragomeni | 6 (12), | 6 Dec 2013 | ||||
| 51 | Win | 48–2–1 | Rakhim Chakhkiev | TKO | 8 (12), | 21 Jun 2013 | |||
| 50 | Win | 47–2–1 | Francisco Palacios | UD | 12 | 22 Sep 2012 | |||
| 49 | Win | 46–2–1 | Danny Green | TKO | 11 (12), | 30 Nov 2011 | |||
| 48 | Win | 45–2–1 | Francisco Palacios | SD | 12 | 2 Apr 2011 | |||
| 47 | Win | 44–2–1 | Jason Robinson | UD | 12 | 25 Sep 2010 | |||
| 46 | Win | 43–2–1 | Giacobbe Fragomeni | TKO | 8 (12), | 15 May 2010 | |||
| 45 | Win | 42–2–1 | Konstantin Semerdjiev | UD | 8 | 27 Nov 2009 | |||
| 44 | Draw | 41–2–1 | Giacobbe Fragomeni | 12 | 16 May 2009 | ||||
| 43 | Win | 41–2 | Gabor Gyuris | KO | 1 (8), | 5 Apr 2008 | |||
| 42 | Win | 40–2 | Gabor Halasz | TKO | 4 (10), | 9 Feb 2008 | |||
| 41 | Win | 39–2 | Moyoyo Mensah | TKO | 5 (10), | 15 Dec 2007 | |||
| 40 | Win | 38–2 | Dominique Alexander | KO | 1 (12), | 20 Oct 2007 | |||
| 39 | Loss | 37–2 | Steve Cunningham | 12 | 26 May 2007 | ||||
| 38 | Win | 37–1 | Steve Cunningham | SD | 12 | 25 Nov 2006 | |||
| 37 | Win | 36–1 | Mircea Telecan | TKO | 1 (8), | 1 Jul 2006 | |||
| 36 | Win | 35–1 | Imamu Mayfield | UD | 12 | 25 Mar 2006 | |||
| 35 | Win | 34–1 | Sebastian Hill | UD | 6 | 26 Nov 2005 | |||
| 34 | Win | 33–1 | Héctor Alfredo Ávila | KO | 6 (10), | 24 Sep 2005 | |||
| 33 | Win | 32–1 | John Keeton | TKO | 4 (10) | 11 Jun 2005 | |||
| 32 | Win | 31–1 | Rüdiger May | KO | 10 (10), | 16 Apr 2005 | |||
| 31 | Win | 30–1 | Tefouet Dieudonne | KO | 8 (12) | 19 Feb 2005 | |||
| 30 | Win | 29–1 | Bryan Blakely | TKO | 3 (6), | 21 Jan 2005 | |||
| 29 | Win | 28–1 | Bruce Oezbek | TKO | 7 (8) | 19 Dec 2004 | |||
| 28 | Win | 27–1 | Joseph Marwa | UD | 10 | 25 Sep 2004 | |||
| 27 | Win | 26–1 | Alain Simon | TKO | 6 (12) | 5 Jun 2004 | |||
| 26 | Win | 25–1 | Stefan Stanko | TKO | 2 (6) | 24 Apr 2004 | |||
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Raymond Ochieng | TKO | 1 (10), | 27 Mar 2004 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Siarhei Karanevich | 10 | 13 Dec 2003 | ||||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Attila Huszka | TKO | 1 | 24 Oct 2003 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Roberto Coelho | UD | 10 | 28 Jun 2003 | |||
| 21 | Loss | 20–1 | Pavel Melkomyan | 4 (12), | 26 Apr 2003 | ||||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Goodman Kwinana | KO | 5 (8) | 15 Feb 2003 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Ismail Abdoul | TKO | 12 (12) | 23 Nov 2002 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Marian Geroseanu | KO | 1 (6) | 18 Oct 2002 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Siarhei Krupenich | TKO | 5 (10) | 21 Sep 2002 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Zoltan Komlosi | PTS | 6 | 22 Jun 2002 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Badara M'baye | KO | 6 (12) | 4 May 2002 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Rodney Phillips | KO | 2 (6) | 6 Apr 2002 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Otto Nemeth | TKO | 1 (6) | 23 Feb 2002 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Vincenzo Rossitto | TKO | 10 (12) | 7 Dec 2001 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Vladislav Druso | UD | 8 | 27 Oct 2001 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Gyorgy Orsola | TKO | 2 | 29 Sep 2001 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Attila Szombathelyi | KO | 3 | 30 Jun 2001 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Rene Janvier | 8 | 26 May 2001 | ||||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Radoslav Milutinovic | 6 | 28 Apr 2001 | ||||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Dusan Pasic | TKO | 2 | 31 Mar 2001 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Roman Kaloczai | TKO | 4 | 24 Feb 2001 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Roman Nikodem | TKO | 3 | 3 Feb 2001 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Robert Bycek | KO | 1 | 9 Dec 2000 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Anton Lascek | 2 | 2 Sep 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Andrei Georgiev | 2 | 10 Jun 2000 |
