Murodjon Akhmadaliev (13-1, 10 KOs) destroyed Ricardo Espinoza (30-5, 25 KOs) in a third-round knockout to win the WBA super bantamweight title on Saturday night at the Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo.

Espinoza was knocked down three times in round 3. After the third bout, a beautiful right-left from Akhmadaliev, the referee stopped the contest. The stoppage came at 2:59 of the third.

“I'm ready; Let's go, Naoya. Why is he jumping me? The good must fight for the good. I am in charge,” Akhmadaliev said of Naoya Inoue. "We are Inoue. Where's my belt? Come on.”

"This guy lives in Inoue," Eddie Hearn said of Akhmadaliev. “He was called to fight him twice. Let the good fight the good. I'd bet the house on this guy beating Inoue. I would rather avoid him. Uzbek authority.

Bottom of the card results

– Leonardo Mosquea (16-0, 9 KOs) out-slugged previously unbeaten 2020 Olympian Cheavon Clarke (10-1, 7 KOs), beat him by a 12-round split decision to capture the vacant EBU cruiserweight title.

Mosquea, 30, dropped Clarke in the first round with a left Right to the head. From rounds two through twelve, Clarke was on his bike, constantly moving, trying to block heavy blows from the explosive Mosquea. If Clarke won, it would be a crime.

Accounts

– 117-113 – Clock
– 116-112 – Mosquea
– 115-112 – Mosquea

Boxing News 24 is 9-3 for Mosquea. Clarke moves too much, doesn't show strength, and refuses to stand in the pocket to win. He was alive after being clipped by Mosquea and deserved to lose by a higher count than the judges expected.

Mosquea landed the harder shots in those rounds, but Clarke was less aggressive. In addition to those three, there is one side to support for the angry and explosive Mosquea.

– IBF world lightweight champion Beatriz Ferreira (6-0, 2 KOs) champion Licia Boudersa (23-3-2, 4 KOs), won a ten-round decision in a one-sided contest. The scores are 100-90, 100-90, and 100-90.

2020 Brazilian Olympian Ferreira injured Boudersa with a left to the body in the eighth round and kept him on his way to the unification. Boudersa's trainer had his towel in hand and was ready to stop the fight in the ninth round, but it didn't work.

Boudersa, 32, didn't stop despite taking a lot of blows during the fight. He was still landing a few moments but it wasn't strong enough to bother Ferreira. It's a better fight if Boudersa has power because she's connected. Despite Ferreira's dominance, he wasn't hard to beat.

– Easy hunter Maxi Hughes (28-7-2, 6 KOs) took it easy, knocking out Gary Cully (18-2, 10 KOs) on a ten-round decision. The 6'2″ Hughes faced the hulking Cully, beating him in sets in the sixth and seventh rounds.

The scores are 100-90, 100-90, and 100-90. Cully, 28, suffered a serious injury to his right eye in the sixth round, but was surprisingly allowed to continue the fight. The rehearsal for Hughes, who peppered Cully with bullets, moved away before he could land.

– Heavy duty protection Teremon Junior (5-0, 5 KOs) destroyed Volody Katsuk (5-2, 2 KOs), scoring the first stop in a six-round fight. Teremona of 2024 shot the 36-year-old Katsuk and rained down on him with heavy shots, until referee Jean Robert Laine stepped in to stop the fight.

The stoppage came at 2:04 of the first round. The win was the third round of the 26-year-old's four-year professional career. It's a sign that his promoters at Matchroom Boxing need to start comparing him to better opposition.

Teremona was released by Ukbekistan's Bakhodir JalolovHe lost to him in a three-round decision 2024 Olympics iin Paris. Teremoana was in original form in that defeat, charging forward like a bull and being tackled by the tall, 6'6″ Jalolov. From what we saw tonight, Teremon hasn't improved since his defeat. He is original.