Murodjon Akhmadaliev Repeatedly Drops Kevin Gonzalez, Stops Him In 8th Round of WBA Title Eliminator
Murodjon Akhmadaliev punched his way back into contention for the division’s top prize. The dethroned unified WBA/IBF junior featherweight titlist battered previously unbeaten Kevin Gonzalez en route to an eighth-round stoppage. Akhmadaliev scored two knockdowns each in rounds six and eight. The fourth and final knockdown produced an immediate stoppage at 2:48 of the eighth round in their WBA title eliminator Saturday evening at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
