Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland) vs Ismail Abdoul (Belgium) | IBF Cruiserweight Title Fight Highlights

💥 DIABLO vs COOL 💥 Poland’s unbeaten Krzysztof “Diablo” Włodarczyk brought his IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight belt and an 18-0 record into Opole for a 12-round clash with Belgium’s Ismail “Cool” Abdoul, a 26-year-old challenger from Ghent who arrived at 18-1 with 7 KOs. With Włodarczyk holding the edge in height and a big early-career KO ratio, this matchup carried real title stakes and a sharp Poland-vs-Belgium contrast in the cruiserweight division. Tale of the Tape 🏆 Stakes: IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight title 📅 Date: 23 November 2002 🌍 Venue: Opole, Poland 📏 Height: 6'1" / 185 cm | 5'11½" / 181 cm 👥 Ages: 21 | 26 Fighter Spotlights 🥊 Krzysztof Włodarczyk (Poland) – 21-year-old from Warsaw, Poland, “Diablo” (18-0-0, 14 KOs). The unbeaten Polish titleholder had already captured the IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight belt in 2001 and entered this defense off a first-round knockout of Marian Geroseanu, bringing height, reach, and serious finishing power into the fight. 🥊 Ismail Abdoul (Belgium) – 26-year-old from Ghent, Belgium, “Cool” (18-1-0, 7 KOs). Abdoul had turned professional in 1996, carried just one previous defeat into this challenge, and made his first bout outside Belgium in Opole, arriving as an experienced orthodox contender with the kind of ring seasoning that made him a dangerous title challenger.