On November 5, 2022, a 30-year-old Aidos Yerbossynuly (16-0, 11 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBA (Regular) title held by 24-year-old Cuban boxer David Morrell Jr. (7-0, 6 KOs).
Yerbossynuly came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 24 days. Morrell Jr. was on a 7-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
David Morrell Jr. stopped Aidos Yerbossynuly via KO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title. Morrell Jr. improves his record to 8-0 (7 KOs), while Yerbossynuly adds a loss to his record at 16-1.