# Arslanbek Makhmudov

Arslanbek Ruslanovich Makhmudov (Russian: Арсланбек Русланович Махмудов, Kumyk: Arslanbek Mahmut Ruslannı ulanı; born 7 June 1989) is a Russian professional boxer who held the WBC-NABF heavyweight title between 2019 and 2023.

## Early life

Arslanbek was born in the town of Mozdok in North-Ossetia to a Kumyk family. He studied in Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism. In his amateur career he performed for "Dinamo" boxing team based in Moscow, and won the European student championship.

## Professional career

Makhmudov made his professional debut on 8 December 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Jaime Barajas at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, Canada.
He scored four stoppage wins in 2018, with TKOs over Christian Larrondo in April; Elder Hernandez in May; and Emilio Zarate in October; followed by a knockout (KO) over Andrew Satterfield in November.
Following first-round TKO victories over Jason Bergman in January and Avery Gibson in March 2019, he fought for his first professional title against Jonathan Rice on 17 May at the Montreal Casino. Makhmudov captured the vacant WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title via seventh-round TKO. He won his second regional championship, the WBC-NABF heavyweight title, via third-round TKO against Julian Fernandez on 28 September at the Montreal Casino. The first defence of his WBC-NABF title came against former world champion, Samuel Peter, on 7 December at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Makhmudov retained his title via first-round TKO. Makhmudov made his second title defense against Dillon Carman on 10 October 2020. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout, stopping Carman after just 27 seconds.
On 23 July 2021, Mahmudov faced Pavel Sour in the second defense of his WBC-NABF title fight and in a fight for the vacant WBA-NABA heavyweight title. He won the fight by a first-round knockout, stopping Sour with a right straight after just 37 seconds. Makhmudov made the first defense of the two titles against Erkan Teper on 23 September 2021. He won the fight by a first-round stoppage, as Teper retired from the fight at the end of the round.
Makhmudov successfully defended his WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA titles against the one-time unified heavyweight title challenger Mariusz Wach on 19 February 2022. He won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout. Makhmudov made another WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA heavyweight title defense against Carlos Takam on 16 September 2022. Aside from the aforementioned titles, the vacant WBC Silver heavyweight title was on the line as well. Makhmudov won the fight by unanimous decision.
Makhmudov was expected to make his seventh WBC-NABF title defense against the undefeated Raphael Akpejiori on 16 December 2022. Akpejiori withdrew from the bout on 16 November, as his team opted to pursue a different fight instead, and was replaced by Michael Wallisch. Makhmudov won the fight via 1st round TKO.

## Professional boxing record

| 21 fights | 19 wins | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 18 | 2 |
| By decision | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 21 | Loss | 19–2 | Guido Vianello | TKO | 8 (10), 2:58 | 17 Aug 2024 | Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Canada | |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Miljan Rovcanin | KO | 2 (10), 2:32 | 25 May 2024 | Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Canada | |
| 19 | Loss | 18–1 | Agit Kabayel | TKO | 4 (12), 2:03 | 23 Dec 2023 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Lost WBC-NABF and WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight titles |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Junior Anthony Wright | TKO | 1 (10), 1:10 | 28 Oct 2023 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Retained WBC-NABF heavyweight title; Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental heavyweight title |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Raphael Akpejiori | TKO | 2 (10), 1:43 | 1 Jul 2023 | Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio, US | Retained WBC-NABF heavyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Michael Wallisch | RTD | 1 (10), 3:00 | 16 Dec 2022 | Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Canada | Retained WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA heavyweight titles |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Carlos Takam | UD | 10 | 16 Sep 2022 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada | Retained WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA heavyweight titles; Won vacant WBC Silver heavyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Mariusz Wach | TKO | 6 (10), 0:39 | 19 Feb 2022 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada | Retained WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA heavyweight titles |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Erkan Teper | RTD | 1 (10), 3:00 | 23 Sep 2021 | Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Canada | Retained WBC-NABF and WBA-NABA heavyweight titles |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Pavel Sour | KO | 1 (10), 0:37 | 23 Jul 2021 | Hotel Holiday Inn, Cuernavaca, Mexico | Retained WBC-NABF heavyweight title; Won vacant WBA-NABA heavyweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Dillon Carman | TKO | 1 (10), 0:27 | 10 Oct 2020 | Centre Gervais Auto, Shawinigan, Canada | Retained WBC-NABF heavyweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Samuel Peter | TKO | 1 (10), 2:23 | 7 Dec 2019 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada | Retained WBC-NABF heavyweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Julian Fernandez | TKO | 3 (10), 1:19 | 28 Sep 2019 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada | Won vacant WBC-NABF heavyweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Jonathan Rice | TKO | 7 (10), 0:30 | 17 May 2019 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada | Won vacant WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Avery Gibson | TKO | 1 (8), 2:31 | 16 Mar 2019 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Jason Bergman | TKO | 1 (6), 1:37 | 26 Jan 2019 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Andrew Satterfield | KO | 1 (6), 0:35 | 24 Nov 2018 | Le Centre Financiere Sun Life, Rimouski, Canada | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Emilio Ezequiel Zarate | TKO | 2 (4), 1:09 | 13 Oct 2018 | Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Elder Hernandez | TKO | 1 (4), 1:07 | 26 May 2018 | Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Canada | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Christian Larrondo | TKO | 1 (4), 0:46 | 7 Apr 2018 | Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Canada | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jaime Barajas | TKO | 1 (4), 0:24 | 9 Dec 2017 | Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada | |