Tonight’s Live Results: Murodjon Akhmadaliev Vs. Ricardo Espinoza

Former IBF and WBA super bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev fights tonight against Ricardo Espinoza (30-4, 25 KOs_ in the 12-round headliner, live on DAZN from the Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo. The event starts at 1:30 p.m. ET. The two fighters will Battle for the WBA interim belt.

Undercard Results

– Heavyweight prospect Teremoana Junior (5-0, 5 KOs) destroyed Volody Katsuk (5-2, 2 KOs), scoring a first-round knockout in a scheduled six-round fight. The 2024 Olympian Teremoana blitzed the 36-year-old Katsuk, unloading on him with heavy shots, resulting in the referee Jean Robert Laine stepping in to stop the fight.

The time of the stoppage was at 2:04 of round one. The victory was the third first-round knockout of the 26-year-old Teremoana’s four-year professional career. It was a signal that his promoters at Matchroom Boxing needed to begin matching him against better opposition.

Teremoana was outboxed by Ukbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov, losing to him by a three-round decision in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Teremoana looked basic in that loss, just charging forward like a bull and getting nailed by the tall, better-skilled 6’6″ Jalolov. From what we saw tonight, Teremoana hasn’t improved since his loss. He’s basic.

Road To Inoue

The 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Akhmadaliev (12-1, 9 KOs) is trying to get a title shot against undisputed 122-lb champion Naoya Inoue, who has shown zero interest in fighting him, options for easier targets.

If Akmadaliev, 30, is victorious tonight, he’ll hold the WBA interim belt and could force the reluctant ‘Monster’ Inoue to fight him or vacate his World Boxing Association title.

Also on tonight’s card, cruiserweight Chearon Clarke (10-0, 7 KOs) faces Leonardo Mosquea (15-0, 9 KOs) for the vacant EBU belt in a 12-round contest in the co-feature.

DAZN Main Card 1:30 pm ET)

• Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs. Ricardo Espinoza
• Cheavon Clarke vs. Leonardo Mosquea
• Beatriz Ferreira vs. Licia Boudersa
• Gary Cully vs. Maxi Hughes
• Teremoana Junior vs. Volodymyr Katsuk