Rakhimov vs Muzaffarov

Who won Rakhimov vs Muzaffarov?

Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov beat Sardor Muzaffarov by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday, December 11th, 2021, at KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol's and Umar Salamov's clash for the WBA Super World Light Heavyweight championship.

Rakhimov vs Muzaffarov stats

Back in December 2021, Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Sardor Muzaffarov made his way to the ring with a record of 4 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, with 2 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Rakhimov had a large advantage in power over Muzaffarov, boasting a 80% knockout percentage compared to Muzaffarov's 50%.

Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov was the older man by 30 years, at 27 years old.

Rakhimov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Muzaffarov.

Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov fought out of the southpaw stance, while Sardor Muzaffarov was an orthodox fighter.

Rakhimov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Muzaffarov, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 59 more professional rounds, totaling 103 compared to Muzaffarov's 44.

Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBC, and 1 by the IBF at super featherweight.

Rakhimov vs Muzaffarov form

Rakhimov had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz on February 13, 2021, by majority draw in their 12 round contest in their IBF World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Azinga Fuzile on September 29, 2019, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Orient Theatre, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Going into that contest, he had won against Rofhiwa Maemu on March 23, 2019, by technical knockout in the 4th round at RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Before that, he had beaten Robinson Castellanos on August 19, 2018, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at DIVS, Ekaterinburg.

He had defeated Emanuel Lopez on September 9, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk.

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Rakhimov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 2 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 10 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Rakhimov vs Muzaffarov start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:00 PM UTC at KRK “Uralets”, Ekaterinburg, Russia, which was 1:00 PM EST or 10:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 6:00 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Rakhimov vs Muzaffarov?

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