On November 30, 2012, 36-year-old Joan Guzmán (33-0-1, 20 KOs) and 29-year-old Khabib Allakhverdiev (17-0, 8 KOs) fought for the vacant WBA (Regular) super-lightweight title.
Guzmán came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 9 days. Allakhverdiev was on a 17-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 10 days.
Khabib Allakhverdiev defeated Joan Guzmán via technical decision . Allakhverdiev improves his record to 18-0, while Guzmán adds a loss to his record at 33-1-1.