Tapales Returns On May 10 Following Boxing Day Defeat To Inoue

Tapales Returns On May 10 Following Boxing Day Defeat To Inoue

Murodjon Akhmadaliev Backs Terence Crawford, Not Naoya Inoue, as The Best Fighter in The World

Who you got? Naoya Inoue or Terence Crawford. The imaginary, yet salient pound-for-pound number-one fighter in the world is currently an open debate. Of course, there are a few fighters that are shuffled into the mix.

Murodjon Akhmadaliev Wants Inoue Next: “I’m Smarter, Better, and Stronger Than Anyone He Ever Faced!"

Murodjon Akhmadaliev knew he had a big fight on his hands. All he had to do was keep winning and eventually, a showdown against Naoya Inoue was bound to happen.

Akhmadaliev Hopes To Face Winner of Inoue Vs. Tapales: ‘I’m The Best Guy in The Division’

Former junior featherweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev desperately wants to rectify the lone loss of his career by taking on the winner of the upcoming undisputed 122-pound championship between Naoya Inoue and Marlon Tapales.

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 tw...

Murodjon Akhmadaliev: I'm Coming To Get Back What Belongs To Me

Murodjon Akhmadaliev was direct and to the point when he spoke of his immediate mission during Thursday’s press conference for his WBA title eliminator versus Kevin Gonzalez. The former unified junior featherweight titlist is set for his revenge tour...

Sunny Edwards, Bam Rodriguez Both Weigh 111.6 Pounds For IBF/WBO Flyweight Unification Championship

Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez kept everyone waiting for Friday’s weigh-in, though already after he made weight. The two-division and reigning WBO flyweight titleholder ran late for what was later revealed as the ceremonial weigh-in ahead of his unification b...

Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Kevin Gonzalez Lands on Rodriguez-Edwards Card

Murodjon Akhmadaliev will face Kevin Gonzalez in an eliminator for the WBA World Super-Bantamweight title as the chief support bout to the Flyweight unification blockbuster between Jesse Rodriguez and Sunny Edwards at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glen...

Murodjon Akhmadaliev-Kevin Gonzalez: Matchroom Boxing ($120,000) Wins Purse Bid For WBA Title Eliminator

Matchroom Boxing has secured the rights to a title eliminator where the winner could potentially challenge for the undisputed crown. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the Murodjon ‘MJ’ Akhmadaliev-Kevin Gonzalez WBA 122-pound title elimination

Murodjon Akhmadaliev-Kevin Gonzalez WBA Title Eliminator Heads To Purse Bid Hearing

A junior featherweight title eliminator will head to a purse bid hearing as moves are being made elsewhere to fully unify all of the division’s titles. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the teams representing Murodjon Akhmadaliev and Kevin Gonzalez...

Murodjon Akhmadaliev-Kevin Gonzalez WBA Title Eliminator Ordered

Murodjon Akhmadaliev is back at the negotiating stable and still at least one fight away from competing for his old title. The former WBA/IBF junior featherweight titlist has been ordered to next face Mexico’s Kevin Gonzalez in a final

Akhmadaliev vs. Kameda: WBA Applies Pressure For Deal in Final Eliminator

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has applied pressure to get a deal finalized for an ordered super bantamweight eliminator bout between Japan’s Tomoki Kameda and Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev.

WBA Approves Tapales To Challenge Fulton-Inoue Winner For Undisputed; Akhmadaliev-Kameda Eliminator Ordered

A path has been cleared to crown an undisputed 122-pound king. It’s now up to the reigning unified titlists to seize the opportunity. Newly crowned WBA/IBF junior featherweight titlist Marlon Tapales was granted permission by the WBA to enter a volun...

Murodjon Akhmadaliev Furious, Feels Judges Got it Wrong, Dmitry Bivol Agrees

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 tit...

Upset Flavor a Busy Boxing Weekend: Afterthoughts

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 l...