On March 2, 2024, Otabek Kholmatov (12-0, 11 KOs) and Raymond Ford (14-0-1, 7 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBA (Regular) featherweight world titles. The vacant WBA (Regular) featherweight title is also on the line.
Otabek Kholmatov is coming in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Balam Hernandez Acosta, 2 months and 22 days ago. Raymond Ford is on a 6-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Jessie Magdaleno, 10 months and 23 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Raymond Ford at 99-1 winning odds. Otabek Kholmatov really doesn't have much to present against Ford.
Raymond Ford stopped Otabek Kholmatov via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight. Ford improves his record to 15-0-1 (8 KOs), while Kholmatov adds a loss to his record at 12-1.