On December 18, 2020, a 25-year-old Ali Akhmedov (16-0, 12 KOs) and a 31-year-old Ecuadorian boxer Carlos Gongora (18-0, 13 KOs) met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Akhmedov came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 13 days. Góngora was on a 18-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 18 days.
Carlos Góngora stopped Ali Akhmedov via KO in the 12th round. Góngora improves his record to 19-0 (14 KOs), while Akhmedov adds a loss to his record at 16-1.