Adrien Broner-Khabib Allakhverdiev Officials Named
Sep 29, 2015 • 6:29 AM ET
By Hilmar Rojas
The officials are set in place for this Saturday's fight for the vacant 'regular' junior welterweight world title of the World Boxing Association. The card takes place at the US Brank Arena in Cincinnati, where hometown star Adrien Broner will face Khabib Allakhverdiev.
The referee will be Harvey Dock (US) and judges are Americans Garry Merrit, George Hill, Larry Hazzard Jr., all appointed by the local commission of the state of Ohio.
Allakhverdiev (19-1, 9 KO) captured this title in 2012 when he beat Joan Guzman for the vacant crown. He made a defense before stumbling against Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas on April 12, 2014. Since that fight he's been inactive.
Meanwhile, Broner (30-2, 22 KO) is a three division world champions with belts at 130, 135 and 147. A win on Saturday would make him a four division champ. He was WBA's champion at 147 in 2013 by beating Paulie Malignaggi, and then he lost the title later that year in his first defense against Argentina's Marcos Maidana.
