Tonight’s Live Results: Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Ricardo Espinosa

Murodjon Akhmadaliev (13-1, 10 KOs) defeated Ricardo Espino by third-round knockout at the Hall of the Stars in Monte-Carlo on Saturday night Ricardo Espinoza (30 wins, 5 losses, 25 KOs) won the WBA interim super lightweight championship.

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Espinoza was knocked down three times in the third round. The timeout was at 2:59 of the third quarter.

“I'm ready; let's go, Naoya. Why is he avoiding me? The best should fight the best. I am obligatory,” Ahmedaliyev said of Naoya Inoue . “Let's go, Inoue. Where's my belt? Come on.

“This guy is going to be on top,” Eddie Hearn said of Akhmedaliyev. “Twice he was called to fight him. Let the best fight the best. I bet my family that this young man beat Inoue. I bet they would avoid him. Uzbek power.

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– Leonardo Mosquia (16-0, 9 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten 2020 Olympian Chevin Clark (10-1, 7 KOs) via a 12-round split decision to capture the vacant title. EBU lightweight champion.

Mosquia, 30, knocked Clark down in the first round with a left hook to the head. From the second to the twelfth round, Clark was on his bike, constantly moving, trying to avoid the explosive Mosque's punches. If Clark wins, it's a crime.

Fraction

– 117-113 – Clark
– 116-112 – Mosque
– 115-112 – Mosque

Boxing News 24 gave Mosquia the win 9-3. Clark moved too much, didn't show much power, and wasn't willing to stand in the pocket to win. He was in survival mode after being double-teamed by Mosquia, and he deserved to lose the fight by a bigger margin than the referee gave him.

Mosquia was hitting the harder shots in these rounds, but Clark was more aggressive. Other than those three, it's overwhelmingly in favor of Moore's aggressive and explosive Mosquia.

– IBF World Women’s Lightweight Champion beatrice ferreira (6-0, 2 KOs) defeated Licia Budesa (23-3-2, 4 KOs), winning a 10-round unanimous decision in a one-sided contest. The scores are 100-90, 100-90, and 100-90 respectively.

Ferreira, a 2020 Brazilian Olympian, hurt Budesa with a left hook to the body in the eighth round and continued to nail her with any combination. Budesa's coach, towel in hand, prepared to stop the fight in the ninth round, but chose not to.

The 32-year-old Budesa never gave up despite taking a lot of punishment during the fight. She still takes the occasional shot, but doesn't have the ability to bother Ferreira. If Budesa had powers, it would be a more interesting fight because she's connecting. Despite Ferreira's dominance, she's not hard to hit.

– Lightweight Contender Maxi Hughes (28-7-2, 6 KOs) looked easy, defeating the powerful Gary Cooley (18-2, 10 KOs) with a ten-round unanimous decision. Hughes knocked down the stork-like 6-foot-2 Cali with a combination of punches in the sixth and seventh rounds.

The scores are 100-90, 100-90, and 100-90 respectively. The 28-year-old Cali suffered a serious injury to his right eye in the sixth round, but surprisingly the fight went on. It was target practice for Hughes, who pointed his gun at Cali multiple times and was gone before he hit the ground.

– Heavyweight prospect Tremoana Junior (5-0, 5 KOs) defeated Volody Katsuk (5-2, 2 KOs) with a first-round knockout in a scheduled six-round contest. 2024 Olympian Trey Moana blitzed Kasuk, 36, shooting him violently, causing referee Gene Robert Lane to step in to stop the fight.

The timeout was 2 minutes and 04 seconds of the first round. The victory was the third first-round knockout in the 26-year-old Tremoana's four-year career. This is a sign that his promoters at Matchroom Boxing need to start pitting him against better opponents.

Teremoana defeated by Uzbekistan Bahodir Jarolovlost to him in three rounds 2024 olympics meParis. Tremoana looked average in that loss, just charging forward like a bull and getting pinned by the taller, more skilled 6-foot-6 Jalolov. From what we saw tonight, Tremoana hasn’t improved at all since the loss. He's very basic.

Inoue Road

2016 Olympic bronze medalist Akhmedaliyev (12-1, 9 KOs) is seeking a title shot against undisputed 122-pound champion Naoya Inoue, who is interested in fighting him At zero, an easier target can be chosen.

If 30-year-old Akmadaliev wins tonight, he will hold the WBA interim belt and potentially force the reluctant “Monster” Inoue to fight him or give up his World Boxing Association title.

In tonight's fight, lightweight contender Cearon Clarke (10-0, 7 KOs) will take on Leonardo Mosquea in a co-featured 12-round bout ) (15-0, 9 KOs) for the vacant EBU belt.

DAZN main card 1:30 p.m. ET

• Murojon Akhmedaev VS Ricardo Espinosa
• Chevon Clark VS Leonardo Mosquia
• Beatriz Ferreira VS Licia Baldessa
• Gary Cooley vs. Maxi Hughes
• Tremoana Junior VS Vladimir Kasuk

Former IBF and WBA super lightweight champion Murodjon Akhmedaliyev takes on Ricardo Espinoza (30-4, 25 KOs) tonight in the 12-round headliner ), DAZN broadcast live from the Hall of Stars in Monte Carlo.