Ilunga Makabu
Democratic Republic Of The Congo boxer
イルンガ・マカブ
- Born
- 1988, Kananga
- Citizenship
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- cruiserweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Junior Ilunga Makabu (born 8 November 1987) is a Congolese-South African professional boxer. He held the WBC cruiserweight title from 2020 to 2023.
As of June 2022, he is ranked as the world's second-best active cruiserweight by BoxRec, and Fourth by The Ring magazine, and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. He is the older brother of heavyweight boxer Martin Bakole.
Awards and honours
- WBC World Cruiserweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q18002859 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.