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Former IBF and WBA super bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev fights tonight against Ricardo Espinoza (30-4, 25 KOs_ in the 12-round main event, live on DAZN of the Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo. The event begins at 1:30 pm ET. The two fighters will fight for the WBA interim belt.
Billboard results
– Heavyweight prospect Teresa Junior (5-0, 5 KOs) destroyed Volody Katsuk (5-2, 2 KOs), scoring a first-round knockout in a scheduled six-round fight. Teremoana, a 2024 Olympian, attacked Katsuk, 36, landing heavy blows on him, prompting referee Jean Robert Laine to intervene to stop the fight.
The stoppage time was at 2:04 of the first round. The victory was the third first-round knockout of the 26-year-old Teremoana’s four-year professional career. It was a sign that his promoters at Matchroom Boxing needed to start matching him against better opponents.
Teremoana was overtaken by Ukbekistan Bakhodir Jalolovlosing to him by decision in three rounds in the 2024 Olympicsn Paris. Teremoana looked basic in that loss, simply charging forward like a bull and getting attacked by the tall, top-rated 6’6″ Jalolov. From what we saw tonight, Teremoana hasn’t improved since his loss. He is basic.
Road to Inoue
2016 Olympic bronze medalist Akhmadaliev (12-1, 9 KOs) is trying to get a title shot against undisputed 122-pound champion Naoya Inoue, who has shown no interest in fighting him, options for easier targets.
If Akmadaliev, 30, emerges victorious tonight, he will have the interim WBA belt and could force the reluctant ‘Monster’ Inoue to fight him or vacate his World Boxing Association title.
Also on tonight’s card, cruiserweight Chearon Clarke (10-0, 7 KOs) takes on Leonardo Mosquea (15-0, 9 KOs) for the vacant EBU belt in a 12-round bout in the fight co-star.
DAZN main card 1:30 pm ET)
- Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Ricardo Espinoza
- Cheavon Clarke vs. Leonardo Mosquea
- Beatriz Ferreira vs. Licia Boudersa
- Gary Cully vs. Maxi Hughes
- Teremoana Junior vs. Volodymyr Katsuk
