Murodjon Akhmadaliev: record, next fight and profile →
Former Unified Super Bantamweight World Champion Murodjon ‘MJ’ Akhmadaliev has re-watched his fight against mandatory challenger Marlon Tapales from this past Saturday night and is incredulous at the scoring which resulted in him losing his world titles (WBA, IBF).
2023 has been off to a great start but, if it’s been missing one thing so far, that thing is unpredictability. The chalk has been strong through the first quarter of the year. Matchmaking has been on point, giving fans high quality fights that went largely the way they were expected to in terms of results but providing drama along the way. This past Saturday, we got more of the good matchmaking…and we got some serious shakeups in two divisions.
Akhmadaliev, Tapales Fight Photos Gallery - Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio, Texas - In a shocker, Murodjon Akhmadaliev suffered his first career defeat, by split decision, as Marlon Tapales captured the WBA, IBF super bantamweight world titles with a hard-fought win. (photos by Melina Pizano)
By Jake Donovan - The resurrection continues for the Filipino boxing scene. The fighting proud nation crowned its second major titlist in 2023 after Marlon Tapales earned an upset split decision victory over Murodjon ‘MJ’ Akhmadaliev to win the WBA and IBF junior featherweight titles. Uzbekistan's Akhmadaliev
SAN ANTONIO – It goes without saying that Murodjon Akhmadaliev would love to become undisputed champion. The reigning unified WBA/IBF junior featherweight titlist has literally applied that logic to his latest fight, which is all he prefers to talk about and focus on through this weekend.
It’s a busy boxing weekend. The fights aren’t all particularly big but any week when Sebastian Fundora, Shakur Stevenson, and Kenshiro Teraji are all in action means plenty for everyone to watch.
SAN ANTONIO -- Murodjon Akhmadaliev has spent virtually his entire title reign battling mandatory challengers, illness and injuries. There appears to be daylight on the horizon for the unbeaten WBA/IBF junior featherweight titlist, who ends a layoff of
Ford, Magdaleno Weights Photos Gallery - Boxing’s youngest World Champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (17-0, 11 KOs) attempts to become a two-weight ruler when he clashes with Cristian ‘El Chicharito’ Gonzalez (15-1, 5 KOs) for the vacant WBO 112lbs at the Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio. (photos by Melina Pizano)
SAN ANTONIO -- The move down in weight was not an issue at all for Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez. A bid to become his city’s first-ever multi-division major titlist is officially in play after Rodriguez weighed 111.4 pounds during Friday’s official weigh-in held at the main ballroom at Hyatt Regency hotel. Mexico’s Cristian Gonzalez was right
An injury-induced layoff is never timely, but when WBA / IBF super bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev was put on the shelf after breaking his left hand against Ronny Rios last June, it put an immediate pause on the momentum “MJ” built in his quest to get all the belts at 122 pounds.