(1987-01-31) January 31, 1987 (age 37) Kinshasa, Zaire
Other names
Dibuba
Nationality
Congolese German
Height
1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight
94.9 kg (209 lb; 14.94 st)
Division
Heavyweight
Reach
79 in (200 cm)
Style
Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Stance
Orthodox
Fighting out of
Waldbröl, Germany
Team
Fighting Gym Waldbröl
Team Ilunga
Trainer
Asmir Burgic Remy Bonjasky
Kickboxing record
Total
74
Wins
60
By knockout
45
Losses
14
Other information
Spouse
Françoise Ilunga
Last updated on: February 13, 2017
Danyo "Dibuba" Ilunga (born January 31, 1987) is a Congolese-German Muay Thai kickboxer currently competing in GLORY. Ilunga is a four-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion - most notably being the former It's Showtime 95MAX World Champion. As of November 2021, Combat Press ranks him as the #9 light heavyweight kickboxer in the world.[1]
^Aittama, Zach. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: November 2021". combatpress.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
Danyo "Dibuba" Ilunga (born January 31, 1987) is a Congolese-German Muay Thai kickboxer currently competing in GLORY. Ilunga is a four-time kickboxing...
fight by split decision. Vakhitov returned at Glory 25: Milan against DanyoIlunga and won the fight by unanimous decision and won the opportunity to re-match...
stint in the It's Showtime promotion where he unsuccessfully challenged DanyoIlunga for the It's Showtime 95MAX Championship in June 2012. Later that year...
where he lost in round 1 by TKO due to arm injury to Glory contender DanyoIlunga. Duut lost his third fight in a row on 8 March 2014 at Glory 14: Zagreb...
quarter-finals, he took a close majority decision win. He then faced DanyoIlunga in the semis and put up a good fight early, but fell behind in rounds...
was replaced with Artem Vakhitov. 1 Artem Vakhitov was replaced with DanyoIlunga. "GLORY 14 ZAGREB FIGHT CARD ANNOUNCED". Glory. Retrieved 2014-01-20...
outpointing the Belgian and taking a unanimous decision. A match with DanyoIlunga awaited him in the final but it ended in a controversial and anticlimactic...
event featured a Glory 95kg Slam Tournament. Final : Tyrone Spong def. DanyoIlunga via KO at 0:16 of Round 1 Super Fight : Rico Verhoeven def. Errol Zimmerman...
champion and fought for the It's Showtime 95MAX world title, losing to DanyoIlunga by decision after 5 rounds. He has also fought in Enfusion. As of 1 August...
tournament. He beat Steve McKinnon by decision in the semifinals, and DanyoIlunga by an extra round decision in the finals. In the latter part of 2015...
Other information Occupation Bonjasky Academy, Gym owner Notable students DanyoIlunga Website www.bonjaskyacademy.com Last updated on: March 8, 2014...
2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21. Stoica was knocked out by DanyoIlunga in the tournament reserve bout at GLORY 15 - Light Heavyweight World...
Heavyweight Championship a rematch between the champion Artem Vakhitov and DanyoIlunga and for the Glory Women's Super Bantamweight Championship between the...
Heavyweight Contender tournament. He won a unanimous decision against DanyoIlunga in the semi-finals. In the tournament final, he fought a rematch with...
York - 2013 95kg Slam in New York City on June 22, 2013, losing out to DanyoIlunga by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals. He lost to Saulo Cavalari...
Papin would challenge the reigning WBC Silver Cruiserweight titleholder Ilunga Makabu. The fight was confirmed fort the undercard of the Sergey Kovalev...
Grigorian def. Alex Vogel TKO (Low Kick) 2 2:45 Light Heavyweight 95 kg DanyoIlunga def. Ali Cenik Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Welterweight 76 kg Lightweight...
Dordrecht, The Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2019-06-19 Loss DanyoIlunga Steko´s Fight Club Germany KO (Right Hook) 2 1:24 2018-06-23 Loss Clyde...
allowing him to challenge the reigning It's Showtime 95MAX champion DanyoIlunga the following year. A planned fight on December 9, 2012 under the newly...
Semi-Finals Superfight Series Light Heavyweight 95 kg Michael Duut def. DanyoIlunga Decision (Extra Round) 4 3:00 Welterweight 77 kg Harut Grigorian def...