Murodjon Akhmadaliev is an Uzbek professional boxer, born 2 November 1994, who is a unified super-bantamweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), and IBF titles since 2020.
As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and bronze at the 2016 Olympics as a bantamweight.
As of April 2021, he is ranked as the world’s best active super-bantamweight by The Ring, fourth by BoxRec, and second best by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Boxing Profile – Murodjon Akhmadaliev – Profesional Carreer.
First Fights:
- Akhmadaliev vs. David Michel Paz
On 10 March 2018, Akhmadaliev made his professional debut against David Michel Paz of Argentina.
Murodjon won the bout via knockout in the opening round after his opponent was unable to recover from a body shot.
- Akhmadaliev vs. Carlos Gaston Suarez
Akhmadaliev fought for a second time professionally on 21 April 2018 against Carlos Gaston Suarez.
He won via technical knockout after hitting his opponent with several unanswered shots in the fourth round.
- Akhmadaliev vs. Luis Fernando Molina
On 14 July 2018, Akhmadaliev defeated the durable Luis Fernando Molina on route to a unanimous points decision win.
- Akhmadaliev vs. Ramon Contreras
Akhmadaliev’s fourth professional fight was against Ramon Contreras on 23 August 2018.
In the opening round, Akhmadaliev put his opponent on the canvas after he landed a heavy left hand to the body.
Referee Thomas Taylor proceeded to end the bout after Contreras was unable to beat the ten count.
- Akhmadaliev vs. Issac Zarate
Akhmadaliev fought against Issac Zarate on 24 November 2018.
He managed to hurt Zarate a number of times throughout the bout after landing a series of heavy punches and in the ninth round, Akhmadaliev landed several hard blows to the head of Zarate which forced referee Eric Dali to end the bout.
- Akhmadaliev vs. Carlos Carlson
On 26 April 2019 Akhmadaliev fought against Carlos Carlson, in the third round, Akhmadaliev put his opponent on the canvas after landing a heavy right hand to the head Carlson.
Referee Jerry Cantu immediately stopped the bout.
- Akhmadaliev vs. Wilner Soto
On 13 September 2019, Akhmadaliev beat Wilner Soto by technical knockout after landing several unanswered punches.
Championship Bouts:
- Akhmadaliev vs. Roman:
On 11 December 2019, it was announced that Akhmadaliev would face unified WBA and IBF super-bantamweight champion Daniel Roman.
The bout was booked to take place on 13 September 2019 in New York City, but Roman suffered a shoulder injury during training camp.
The fight was rescheduled to take place on 30 January 2020 at the Meridian at Island Gardens in Miami, Florida.
Akhmadaliev defeated Roman via split decision to become Uzbekistan’s first-ever unified world champion.
- Akhmadaliev vs. Iwasa:
Murojdon Akhmadaliev was a -700 favorite heading into the bout, with most fight analysts predicting an Akhmadaliev stoppage victory.
Akhmadaliev beat the veteran contender by a fifth-round knockout.
He outstruck Iwasa by 109-36 in overall punches, landing nearly as many total punches and power shots in the fifth round alone as Iwasa landed in the entire fight.
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