Murodjon Akhmadaliev, a boxer from Uzbekistan, is currently the holder of the IBF and WBA's two most lightweight world boxing championship gold belts. But he doesn't have to worry about which World Champion title he will defend first in 2022, as the IBF has officially ordered Murojoan Akhmadaleev to accept a mandatory challenge from IBF number one challenger, Marlon Tapales.
The New Jersey-based IBF Boxing Federation officially issued a notice on January 6, 2022, Beijing time, requiring Murojoan Akhmadaleev and Marlon Tapales to begin negotiations from the day they received the notice, and negotiations must end and reach an agreement by February 2, 2022, otherwise a mandatory auction will be held to auction off the right to host the match.
The full text of the notice issued by Carlos Chavez, president of the IBF Boxing Federation, to Eddie Hearn, CEO of The Athletic Room Boxing Promotion Company, and Sean Gibbons, the promoter of the event, is as follows:
"As originally planned, Murojoan Akhmadaleev's free defense should be completed by January 3, 2022, after which Murojoan Akhmadaleev would have to accept the challenge of IBF's first-place Maron Tapales. Negotiations should begin immediately and be completed by 2 February 2022, and if the parties are unable to reach an agreement, the IBF will organise a public bidding auction to auction the rights to host the event. ”
Murojoan Akhmadaliev has two tournament promoters, one is Eddie Hearn of the Athletic Room Boxing Promotion Company, the other is Murrojo Akhmadaleev's agent Vadim Kornilov, and Murojun Akhmadaliev's last two matches , against Japanese boxer Ryosuke Iwasa and against Jose Velázquez, have been played together.
Behind Marlon Tapales is a huge team, MP Promotions, Sanman Boxing, Shapiro Sports and Viva Promotions. It is believed that when it comes to negotiations, the representatives of these companies will rush forward and use the tactics of the sea of people to pressure murojoan Akhmadaliev's team.
Filipino boxer Marlon Tapales, 29, was once the world's lightest boxer at WBO and has been ranked high in the world since rising to super lightweight.
On December 7, 2019, Marlon Tapales competed with Japanese boxer Ryosuke Iwasa for the title of IBF Super Lightweight World Provisional Champion, but in the match, Marlon Tapales was knocked down by Ryoyuki Iwasa twice, and finally lost the match in the TKO way.
In the most recent match, Marlon Tapales defeated Japanese boxer Hiroshi Kawahara on December 11, 2021, in the U.S. city of Carson.
I haven't paid much attention to Marlon Tapales' game before, but I think very few people in the ultra-lightweight class have technically outperformed Murojoan Akhmadaleev, the Rio Olympic bronze medalist. If there are no surprises, Murojoan Akhmadaleev should complete the world championship with stephen Fulton, the current WBC and WBO super lightweight world champion, in 2022. If the two boxing champions have a heart, in 2022, the professional boxing super lightweight level will be born as the overlord of this level.
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