On June 19, 2021, a 25-year-old Bektemir Melikuziev (7-0, 6 KOs) and a 35-year-old American boxer Gabriel Rosado (25-13-1, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Melikuziev came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 6 days. Rosado was on a -1-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 23 days.
Gabriel Rosado stopped Bektemir Melikuziev via KO in the 3rd round. Rosado improves his record to 26-13-1 (15 KOs), while Melikuziev adds a loss to his record at 7-1.