April 8, 2023
Boxing Results

Tapales dethrones Akhmadaliev

Unheralded super bantamweight Marlon Tapales (37-3, 19 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten unified WBA/IBF champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev (11-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. Tapales won the early rounds and held on 115-113, 115-113 on two cards. The third judge had it 118-110 Akhmadaliev. Akhmadaliev was a 5:1 favorite.

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  • I thought they would steal the fight from the guy that wasn’t supposed to win. Congregants to Tapales.

  • LOL I told u all he was all hype and the weakest unified champ. Not just that he is boring to watch.
    Well done to the pino figher for exposing this chump.
    Inoue in 2!

  • Some judges should be performing in Las Vegas theaters as a top level magicians, like the one that scored 118-110 on Akhmadaliev’s favor

  • I want to see that clown judges who give win to almost fallen fake winner

  • So I guess Akhmadaliev is not all that and a bag of chips. He still might get a shot at Monster. After Monster takes over his 4th division, he might want a light tune up against this easy target.

  • I don’t get the hate for MA. He’s a solid fighter. The fact that he was a unified champion says more about the current state of the sport than it says about MA.

    Anyway, it also sounds like many commenting here didn’t actually watch the fight. MA was definitely off and had a fairly poor performance but still deserved no less than a draw. Honestly the first half of tge fight sucked with very little to no action. MA finally woke up and won the last 4, finishing strongly and nearly dropping Tapales in the 12th.

    The scoring is very odd because the 2 judges who scored for Tapales got it wrong but still had better scores than the judge who scored for MA.

    Weird fight all the way topped off with weird scoring.

  • Tapales knows how to look after himself in the ring. I thought his activity could have been higher and wondered whether the judges would go for the active Akhmadaliev.

  • So Roy was right, in this case the pro experience of Topales trumps the early hype on Murodjon Akhmadaliev. What a weekend for boxing. A small 2 way hedge parlay of $25 Mendoza to upset Fundora and Topales to upset Akhmadaliev would pay out about a $1,000.

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