Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Uzbek boxer known as MJ, an Olympic bronze medalist and former unified WBA and IBF super bantamweight world champion.
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Overview
- Born
- November 2, 1994, Uzbekistan
- Known as
- MJ
- Sport
- Professional boxing
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Turned professional
- March 2018
- Breakout
- Won the WBA and IBF super bantamweight titles in his eighth professional fight in January 2020.
Mini bio
How it started.
Growing up in Uzbekistan, Murodjon loved football. In a Boxing Social interview, he recalled following a friend to the boxing gym and taking to the sport immediately. He worked as a child, including at an amusement park, and saved for boxing shoes.
From medals to the paid ranks.
A silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympics marked his amateur rise. He turned professional in March 2018 and became Uzbekistan’s first unified world champion by beating Daniel Roman for the WBA and IBF super bantamweight belts in January 2020, just eight fights into his professional career.
The next chapter.
He made three successful defenses before losing his belts to Marlon Tapales in April 2023. A subsequent interim WBA title helped put him back in contention. After losing to Naoya Inoue in September 2025, he returned with a fourth-round stoppage of Hegly Mosqueda in Tashkent in May 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Akhmadaliev vs. MosquedaWinner by fourth-round stoppage
- 2025Inoue vs. AkhmadalievUndisputed super bantamweight title challenger
- 2025Akhmadaliev vs. CastilloWinner; full fight published by Matchroom Boxing
- 2024Akhmadaliev vs. EspinozaInterim WBA super bantamweight title winner
- 2020Roman vs. AkhmadalievWBA and IBF super bantamweight title winner
Awards
Quotes
History is the most important thing to me as a boxerMurodjon Akhmadaliev, Boxing Social
Speaking after his first unified world-title win, he explained what he hoped to leave behind in boxing.
Trivia
- Friends called him Kaka because he wore the Brazilian footballer’s jersey.
- He named Manny Pacquiao as his boxing idol in his Boxing Social interview.
- His father taught taekwondo, while his mother played volleyball.
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