Murodjon Akhmadaliev stated he didn’t need to need to be happy with preventing for an interim world title, that he needed a battle with the actual champion at 122 kilos, Naoya Inoue. However Akhmadaliev, AKA “MJ,” will certainly need to make do with holding the interim WBA super-bantamweight strap. For, as RingTV.com stories, former WBA/IBF champion “MJ” will face Mexico’s Ricardo Espinoza Franco in Monte Carlo on December 14th, with the interim WBA belt on the road.
Akhmadaliev, 12-1(9) and coming off a December 2023 stoppage win over Kevin Gonzalez, has been calling out “The Monster” for a while, just for Inoue, curiously for such an amazing, all-conquering fighter, to seemingly ignore him – or “run away” within the opinion of the 29 yr outdated southpaw from Uzbekistan. Inoue, as we all know, will defend his belts towards IBF obligatory Sam Goodman, this on Christmas Eve, and it stays to be seen who Inoue will battle after that if he’s victorious.
Akhmadaliev, if he wins on Dec 14, will little doubt stick with it calling Inoue out. However first comes 27 yr outdated Espinoza Franco. The Mexican warrior is at the moment 30-4(25), with him having been stopped simply as soon as, and the co-challenger is unbeaten in his final six bouts. Like all Mexican fighters, Espinoza Franco is hard and filled with coronary heart, however he can be taking the largest take a look at, the largest battle of his profession when he steps into the ring with Akhmadaliev. Espinoza Franco has been in with good fighters resembling John Riel Casimero and Daniel Roman, however he misplaced each fights.
It will be an upset if the Mexican had been to defeat Akhmadaliev. “MJ” says he’s completely satisfied to be again at work.
“I’m completely satisfied to be again at work,” he stated. “It appears to be like like that pound-for-pound star [Inoue] just isn’t prepared for large challenges. He can proceed working away, however I’ll get what must be mine anyway. MJ is in enterprise once more and December can be sizzling.”
“MJ” higher be certain he doesn’t blow it by trying previous Espinoza Franco. If he’s absolutely targeted on the duty at hand, and isn’t considering overly about Inoue, Akhmadaliev ought to be capable to pound out a call win in Monte Carlo.