Yoann Kongolo

Did You Know?

• He won the WKN European Super Middleweight title by decision against Miran Fabjan in 2012.
• Kongolo also holds the World Boxing Council International Silver Light Heavyweight title, which he won in 2017.

Kickboxing career

Kongolo won the WKN European Super Middleweight title by decision against Miran Fabjan and defended it with a first-round KO of Peter Baumler. In 2014 he took the WKN Intercontinental Super Middleweight Championship via split decision over Roberto Cocco. After beating Cédric Doumbé on the regional circuit, he signed with SUPERKOMBAT and stopped Jamie Bates in the 3rd round of a light-heavyweight title eliminator. The next year he joined Glory and entered the 2015 Welterweight Contender tournament, losing to Karim Ghajji in the semifinals.

At Glory 29 he challenged Nieky Holzken for the Glory Welterweight title but lost by unanimous decision. In the 2016 Contender tournament he won a split decision against Harut Grigorian in the semifinals before losing a unanimous decision to Murthel Groenhart in the finals. The 2017 Contender tournament saw him win a unanimous decision against Konstantin Khuzin in the semifinals and prevail against Karim Benmansour by a third-round TKO in the finals.

A rematch with Cédric Doumbé at Glory 39 for the Glory Welterweight title ended in a unanimous-decision loss. He beat Yohan Lidon by unanimous decision at Glory 42: Paris and defeated Abdallah Mabel by unanimous decision in November 2018. At Glory 69: Düsseldorf he lost to Dmitry Menshikov by TKO as the ringside doctor stopped the fight at the tail end of the second round. On 11 September 2019 it was announced that Kongolo was sanctioned by the National Anti-Doping Agency of France with a 4-year ban and a fine of €5,000 due to the presence of methandrostenolone and stanozolol.

The ban applies from 30 September 2019. Kongolo tested positive on 4 August 2018 at Fight Night in Saint-Tropez, France.