On November 5, 2022, 29-year-old Zelfa Barrett (28-1, 16 KOs) and 28-year-old Shavkat Rakhimov (16-0-1, 13 KOs) fought for the vacant IBF super-featherweight title.
Barrett came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. Rakhimov was on a 1-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 25 days.
Shavkat Rakhimov stopped Zelfa Barrett via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Rakhimov improves his record to 17-0-1 (14 KOs), while Barrett adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On February 24, 2018, a 24-year-old Zelfa Barrett (19-0, 12 KOs) and Ronnie Clark met in the ring in a super-featherweight bout.
Barrett came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 3 days.
Zelfa Barrett lost to Ronnie Clark via majority decision in the 12-round super-featherweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 19-1.