On September 28, 2019, Mario Barrios (24-0, 16 KOs) and Batyr Akhmedov (7-0, 6 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBA (Regular) super-lightweight world titles. The vacant WBA (Regular) super-lightweight title is also on the line.
Mario Barrios is coming in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Juan Jose Velasco, 4 months and 17 days ago. Batyr Akhmedov is on a 7-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round RTD win over Francisco Gabriel Pina, 4 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Mario Barrios at 99-1 winning odds. Batyr Akhmedov really doesn't have much to present against Barrios.
Mario Barrios defeated Batyr Akhmedov via unanimous decision . Barrios improves his record to 25-0, while Akhmedov adds a loss to his record at 7-1.