| Ismail Sillakh | |
| Realname: | Ісмаїл Сіллах |
| Weight: | Light Heavyweight Cruiserweight |
| Nationality: |  Ukrainian |
| Birth Date: | February 9, 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 34 |
| Wins: | 27 |
| Losses: | 7 |
| Draws: | 0 |
| No Contests: | 0 |
| Ko: | 21 |
Ismail Sillakh (born February 9, 1985, in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has medaled in important international tournaments as an amateur.
Ismail Sillakh was born in Zaporizhia, then he moved with his family to Industrial city of Mariupol (one of the most important port cities in Ukraine) His parents — Mohammad of Sierra Leone and Natalya, a Ukraine native—met in college and had no particular connection to boxing but he took up the sport at a local recreation center at age seven and quickly discovered that he had the athletic ability to excel at it. In Mariupol he went to the boxing club of City's Metal Construction Factory of the name of Lenin. He was trained by one of the best city's boxing coaches. In Ismayl's career has played big role his old brother Adjick Sillakh. Adjick Sillakh was for years one of the best masters in Ukrainian amateur boxing, Ismayl gained good experience by boxing with his older brother Adjick. He began competing at age nine and was recognized as one of Ukraine’s better amateurs a few years later before establishing himself as one of Europe’s premier open-class boxers. Ismayl Sillakh had been a world-ranked amateur for two years going into the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago where he lost a close and spirited slug-fest to the more mature Christopher Downs.[1]
Amateur Record: 302-16
2001 (October 11–21) Gold Medalist World Cadet Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, boxing as a Welterweight (67 kg):
2005 (November 13–20) Silver Medalist World Championships in Mianyang, China, boxing as a Middleweight (75 kg):
2006 (July 14–23) Silver Medalist European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, boxing as a Light-Heavyweight (81 kg):
As a pro he is managed by Ivaylo Gotzev and trained by Shadeed Suluki.In 2010 he KOd Daniel Judah for his first minor title (NABF), in 2011 he beat the undefeated Cuban Yordanis Despaigne by unanimous decision. After 17 wins he suffered a setback against undefeated but unsung Denis Grachev, after scoring a knockdown he got careless in the 8th round and Grachev knocked him out, Sillakh's chin looked somewhat suspect. He has won four comeback bouts to go to 21-1, but was knocked out by Sergey Kovalev in the second round of their title bout, leaving Sillakh with two career losses.
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|27 Wins (21 Knockouts), 7 Losses, 0 Draws[2] |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res.| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|- align=center|Loss|25–6|align=left| Andrzej Fonfara||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Loss|25–5|align=left| Aleksei Papin||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Loss|25–4|align=left| Mateusz Masternak||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|23-2|align=left| Giorgi Tevdorashvili||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|22-2|align=left| Arturs Kulikauskis||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Loss|21-2|align=left| Sergey Kovalev||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|21-1|align=left| Konstantin Piternov||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|20-1|align=left| Alvaro Enriquez||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|19-1|align=left| Mitch Williams||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|18-1|align=left| Daniel Adotey Allotey||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Loss|17-1|align=left| Denis Grachev||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|17-0|align=left| Ali Ismailov||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|16-0|align=left| Hamza Wandera||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|15-0|align=left| Yordanis Despaigne||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|14-0|align=left| Rayco Saunders||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|13-0|align=left| Jevgenijs Andrejevs||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|12-0|align=left| Daniel Judah||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|11-0|align=left| Larry Pryor||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|10-0|align=left| Julius Jackson||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|9-0|align=left| Ray Smith||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|8-0|align=left| David Whittom||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|7-0|align=left| Carlos Reyes||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|6-0|align=left| Jose Humberto Corral ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|5-0|align=left| Dewayne Warren||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|4-0|align=left| Armen Azizian||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|3-0|align=left| Walter Edwards||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|2-0|align=left| Jose Grace||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|1-0|align=left| Matt Halvorsen||||align=left||align=left|