Zack Mwekassa

Zack Mwekassa (born 20 January 1984) is a Congolese-French boxer and kickboxer who fights in GLORY. He is a former Interim Glory Light Heavyweight Champion.

As of 1 October 2017, he is ranked the #4 light-heavyweight in the world by CombatPress.com.

Biography Mwekassa is the son of a chemist and his two brothers are lawyers. In addition to his fighting career, he is trained as a computer network engineer. He and his family were displaced from their native DR Congo during the Second Congo War that began in 1998. He moved to Paris in France with his family where he holds French citizenship.

Career

Boxing Mwekassa began his professional boxing career at the age of 22 in 2006 in South Africa. In the first 2 years of his career, he amassed an undefeated streak of 8-0 with all but one of the wins coming by way of TKO or KO. He experienced his first losses back-to-back in 2008 and 2009, before going on another 5-0 undefeated streak...

Kickboxing Mwekassa began training in South Africa in 2003 with elite kickboxers, including the late Mike Bernardo. He was part of a four-man, one-night tournament to decide the next Light Heavyweight title contender. Mwekassa started in impressive fashion as he knocked out Brian Collette in the semifinals. In the finals, he faced Saulo Cavalari. After a competitive back-and-forth two rounds, Mwekassa lost in the third round due to a head kick.

Mwekassa had a rematch with Cavalari for the vacant Glory Light Heavyweight Championship at Bellator MMA & Glory: Dynamite 1 on September 19, 2015. He lost the fight via majority decision.

He fought Mourad Bouzidi for the interim Glory Light Heavyweight title. He defeated Bouzidi by a first round TKO. Mwekassa fought the reigning Glory champion Artem Vakhitov during Glory 35, losing by TKO in the third round.

Titles WBF International Cruiserweight Title ABU all Africa heavyweight title Interim Glory Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Professional boxing record

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)