On December 16, 2023, a 26-year-old Kevin Gonzalez (26-0-1, 13 KOs) and a 29-year-old Uzbek boxer Murodjon Akhmadaliev (11-1, 8 KOs) met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Gonzalez came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 21 days. Akhmadaliev was on a -1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 8 days.
Murodjon Akhmadaliev stopped Kevin Gonzalez via TKO in the 8th round. Akhmadaliev improves his record to 12-1 (9 KOs), while Gonzalez adds a loss to his record at 26-1-1.