On March 8, 2024, 28-year-old Magomed Kurbanov (25-0, 13 KOs) and 29-year-old Israil Madrimov (9-0-1, 6 KOs) fought for the vacant WBA super-welterweight title.
Kurbanov came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 2 days. Madrimov was on a 1-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months.
Israil Madrimov stopped Magomed Kurbanov via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Madrimov improves his record to 10-0-1 (7 KOs), while Kurbanov adds a loss to his record at 25-1.