The WBA Super and IBF world champion in the super bantamweight (up to 55.3 kg) Murodjon Akhmadaliev (11-0, 8 KOs) from Uzbekistan will be happy to fight for the title of absolute champion with the Japanese Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) ), if he manages to take away the WBC and WBO titles from the American Stephen Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs) in their duel scheduled for April.
This was stated by Akhmadaliev’s promoter Briton Eddie Hearn.
“We have 100% no problem making the Akhmadaliyev-Inoue fight,” Hearn said. “You know, if Fulton doesn’t fight Inoue, we’ll arrange Murojon vs Naoya without delay. But if Fulton and Inoue do fight, and this is a tough fight, we will close the fight for the absolute between Akhmadaliyev and Inoue, no problem.”
At the same time, Eddie made it clear that he was ready to shake hands with his American colleague Bob Arum, losing such a duel for broadcast on a “foreign” platform:
“Arum doesn’t want Inoue to fight outside of ESPN. But if they pay enough money, we will have no problem agreeing to do the fight on ESPN. Akhmadaliyev is a star, but not a big star on DAZN. Not Canelo Alvarez. Because DAZN would be happy, we would be happy, and, most importantly, Murojon would be happy with this development. He will have no problem fighting Inoue.”
Meanwhile, Fulton promises to declassify Inoue.
Source:
boxing scene
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