Culcay vs Murtazaliev

Who won Culcay vs Murtazaliev?

Bakhram Murtazaliev beat Jack Culcay by technical knockout in the 11th round on Saturday 6th April 2024 at Stadthalle in Falkensee.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

This contest was for the IBF super welterweight championship of the world.

Also, on the undercard Etinosa Oliha beat Ismael Seck and Haro Matevosyan was overcome by Uisma Lima.

Culcay vs Murtazaliev stats

Jack Culcay stepped into the ring with a record of 33 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Bakhram Murtazaliev made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 21 wins and 0 draws, with 15 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Murtazaliev had a large advantage in power over Culcay, boosting at 71% knock out percentage over Culcay's 42%.

Jack Culcay was the older man by 7 years, at 38 years old.

Murtazaliev had a height advantage of 4 inches over Culcay. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Both Jack Culcay & Bakhram Murtazaliev fought out of an orthodox stance.

Culcay was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 years and 5 months earlier than Murtazaliev, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 206 more professional rounds, 307 to Murtazaliev's 101.

Jack Culcay went into the fight ranked number 2 by the IBF at super welterweight.

Bakhram Murtazaliev was ranked number 1 by the IBF in the 154lb division.

Culcay vs Murtazaliev form

Culcay had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Abass Baraou on 28th August 2020 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Havelstudios, Berlin, Germany.

Previous to that, he had defeated Howard Cospolite on 12th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Havelstudios, Berlin.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jama Saidi on 23rd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Arena Berlin, Berlin.

Before that, he had been beaten by Sergiy Derevyanchenko on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight eliminator fight at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota, United States.

He had won against Rafael Bejaran on 22nd September 2018 by technical knockout in the 10th round at MBS Arena, Brandenburg, Germany.

Murtazaliev remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Ahmad Cheikho on 26th March 2022 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Armory, Minnesota, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Khiary Gray on 17th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at AT&T Center, Texas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Manny Woods on 26th September 2020 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut.

Before that, he had won against Jorge Fortea on 2nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.

He had defeated Bruno Leonardo Romay on 18th April 2019 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Colosseum Sport Hall, Grozny, Russia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Bakhram Murtazaliev had been fighting more than Jack Culcay.

Going to this contest, Jack Culcay had last fought 3 years, 7 months and 9 days ago, while Bakhram Murtazaliev's last outing had been 2 years and 11 days ago.

Culcay's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 58 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.6 rounds on average.

Murtazaliev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.2 rounds on average.

What time did Culcay vs Murtazaliev start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM UTC at Stadthalle, Falkensee, Germany, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Culcay vs Murtazaliev?

Jack Culcay was a 3/1 (+280) underdog going into the contest, while Bakhram Murtazaliev made his way into the ring at 1/4 (-370) with oddsmakers.