On October 19, 2024, the 31-year-old IBF super-welterweight world champion, Bakhram Murtazaliev (22-0, 16 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Australian boxer Tim Tszyu (24-1, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 13 days. Tszyu was on a -1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 19 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev made easy work of Tim Tszyu, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Murtazaliev improves his record to 23-0 (17 KOs), while Tszyu adds a loss to his record at 24-2.
On April 6, 2024, 31-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (21-0, 15 KOs) and Jack Culcay fought for the vacant IBF super-welterweight title.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 20 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev stopped Jack Culcay via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Murtazaliev improves his record to 22-0 (16 KOs)
On November 2, 2019, a 26-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (16-0, 13 KOs) and a 28-year-old Spanish boxer Jorge Fortea (20-1-1, 6 KOs) met in the ring in a super-welterweight bout.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 15 days. Fortea was on a 7-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 30 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev defeated Jorge Fortea via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-welterweight fight. Murtazaliev improves his record to 17-0, while Fortea adds a loss to his record at 20-2-1.
On March 26, 2022, a 29-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (19-0, 14 KOs) and Ahmad Cheikho met in the ring.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 9 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev stopped Ahmad Cheikho via TKO in the 1st round. Murtazaliev improves his record to 20-0 (15 KOs)
On April 18, 2019, a 26-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (15-0, 12 KOs) and Bruno Leonardo Romay met in the ring.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 16 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev stopped Bruno Leonardo Romay via TKO in the 1st round. Murtazaliev improves his record to 16-0 (13 KOs)
On October 5, 2017, a 24-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (9-0, 7 KOs) and Robson Assis met in the ring.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 18 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev stopped Robson Assis via TKO in the 1st round. Murtazaliev improves his record to 10-0 (8 KOs)
On June 17, 2017, a 24-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (8-0, 6 KOs) and Alex Sandro Duarte met in the ring.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 21 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev stopped Alex Sandro Duarte via TKO in the 1st round. Murtazaliev improves his record to 9-0 (7 KOs)
On August 4, 2018, a 25-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (12-0, 10 KOs) and Fernando Carcamo met in the ring.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day.
Bakhram Murtazaliev stopped Fernando Carcamo via KO in the 1st round. Murtazaliev improves his record to 13-0 (11 KOs)
On November 19, 2016, a 23-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (6-0, 4 KOs) and Botirsher Obidov met in the ring.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 8 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev stopped Botirsher Obidov via KO in the 2nd round. Murtazaliev improves his record to 7-0 (5 KOs)
On June 25, 2014, a 21-year-old Bakhram Murtazaliev (1-0, 0 KOs) and Andrey Tylilyuk met in the ring.
Murtazaliev came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 0% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 25 days.
Bakhram Murtazaliev stopped Andrey Tylilyuk via TKO in the 1st round. Murtazaliev improves his record to 2-0 (1 KO)