On November 5, 2022, Shavkat Rakhimov (16-0-1, 13 KOs) and Zelfa Barrett (28-1, 16 KOs) battle it out for the vacant IBF super-featherweight world titles. The vacant IBF super-featherweight title is also on the line.
Shavkat Rakhimov is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round RTD victory over Sardor Muzaffarov, 10 months and 25 days ago. Zelfa Barrett is on a 9-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Faroukh Kourbanov, 5 months and 1 day ago.
This should be a confident win for Shavkat Rakhimov at 99-1 winning odds. Zelfa Barrett really doesn't have much to present against Rakhimov.
Shavkat Rakhimov stopped Zelfa Barrett via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Rakhimov improves his record to 17-0-1 (14 KOs), while Barrett adds a loss to his record at 28-2.