On October 3, 2015, 32-year-old Khabib Allakhverdiev (19-1, 9 KOs) and 26-year-old Adrien Broner (30-2, 22 KOs) fought for the vacant WBA super-lightweight title.
Allakhverdiev came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 5 months, and 21 days. Broner was on a -1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Adrien Broner stopped Khabib Allakhverdiev via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight. Broner improves his record to 31-2 (23 KOs), while Allakhverdiev adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On April 12, 2014, the 31-year-old WBA (Regular) super-lightweight world champion, Khabib Allakhverdiev (19-0, 9 KOs), faced a 24-year-old American boxer Jessie Vargas (23-0, 9 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Allakhverdiev came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 30 days. Vargas was on a 23-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 1 day.
Jessie Vargas defeated Khabib Allakhverdiev via unanimous decision and wins the WBA (Regular) title — in his first world-title fight. Vargas improves his record to 24-0, while Allakhverdiev adds a loss to his record at 19-1.