The Japanese and Uzbek have a month to agree on the terms of the fight, which should take place before September 25
World Boxing Association (WBA) obliged the absolute world champion in the second bantamweight Naoyu Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) defend their titles against Murodzhon Akhmadalieva (12-1, 9 KOs).
The 29-year-old Uzbek held the WBA and IBF titles in this category for more than three years, but in August 2023 he lost them to the Filipino Marlon Tapales.
Inoue and Akhmadaliev have 30 days to agree on the terms of the upcoming fight. The fight itself must take place before September 25 of this year.
Let us remind you that the 31-year-old Japanese boxer made the previous defense of his four titles in early May against the Mexican Luis Nery, a contender for the WBC title. Naoya scored an early victory in the sixth round and remained undefeated in the professional ring.
Thanks to that success, the Japanese topped the world ranking regardless of weight category (P4P) according to The Ring magazine, but not for long – ten days later he was pushed off the pedestal by Ukrainian Alexander Usik, who became the absolute champion in heavyweight.
Before that, last December, Inoue beat the aforementioned Tapales to add the IBF and WBA belts to his WBC and WBO super bantamweight titles. Thus, Naoya made history by becoming the absolute world champion in two weight categories within a year.
Source: Sportarena

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