Ilunga Makabu
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | The Junior |
| Born | Junior Ilunga Makabu 8 November 1987 Kananga, Zaire |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | |
| Boxing career | |
| Reach | 188 cm (74 in) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 34 |
| Wins | 30 |
| Win by KO | 26 |
| Losses | 4 |
Junior Ilunga Makabu (born 8 November 1987) is a Congolese-South African-French 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.