Akhmadaliev vs.Tapales Mandatory Title Fight Heads To January 18 Purse Bid
An ordered fight between IBF/WBA “Super” junior featherweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev and mandatory challenger Marlon Tapales will head straight to purse bid.
No sooner than the IBF called for the fight, the team representative Tapales informed the sanctioning body of its decision to forego the assigned negotiation period. The session will now take place January 18, to be conducted from IBF headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey.
“The IBF received a written certification from Sean Gibbons of MP Promotions on behalf of Marlon Tapales indicating that they were not willing to participate in negotiations and requested an immediate purse bid pursuant to IBF Rule 10A,” IBF president Daryl Peoples noted to all IBF-registered promoters via official letter, a copy of which has been obtained by BS.com. “The IBF is ordering a purse bid in these offices on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at 12 Noon. Bids must be submitted at 11:45 AM to be promptly opened at 12 Noon.”
Per IBF rules, the minimum accepted bid is $25,000 for a junior featherweight title fight between a defending title claimant and a number-one or number-two contender. The bid must be accompanied by a $5,000 non-refundable deposit to be accepted. The winning bid will be split 65/35, with 65% in favor of Akhmadaliev as the defending champion.
Per IBF rule 10(F), the promoter who obtains the rights to the title fight must submit final contracts “no later than fifteen (15) days following the purse bid procedure. The contract shall the amount of the purse, the site, the date, the location of the bout and provide for a minimum of three (3) round trip coach air travel to the site of the bout (unless local to the fighter), accommodations for not less than three (3) persons for four (4) nights, payment for all required visas, and for the reasonable cooperation of the contestants to promote the bout.”
Akhmadaliev (10-0, 7KOs) twice defended his unified titles since dethroning Danny Roman nearly two years ago. The unbeaten southpaw from Chust, Uzbekistan—who now trains out of Joel Diaz’s facility in Indio, California—is coming off a twelve-round, unanimous decision win over Jose Velasquez last November 19 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Velasquez was\ a late replacement for WBA mandatory challenger Ronny Rios who tested positive for Covid barely a week ahead of the fight.
Rios’ current place in the title rotation is further complicated by a WBA ruling declaring Azat Hovhannisyan as its mandatory challenger in the 122-pound division—a determination that was made prior to the eventually canceled Akhmadaliev-Rios bout. Nevertheless, the IBF is next in line with the winner to face whomever the WBA assigns as its official challenger.
In his previous outing, Akhmadaliev scored a fifth-round knockout of IBF mandatory challenger Ryosuke Iwasa last April 3 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The bout was his first in his home country since an amateur tournament in 2017, one year after capturing a Bronze medal for Uzbekistan in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Tapales enters talks armed with a swarm of boxing talent, represented by MP Promotions, Sanman Boxing, Shapiro Sports, and Viva Promotions. It was a full court press by his co-promoters to get the resurgent 29-year-old southpaw from Kapatagan, Philippines back in the title picture.
A second-round knockout of Hiroaki Teshigawara came with the IBF’s blessing as a title eliminator, honoring such a request by Tapales’ team. Tapales rose to the occasion, flooring Teshigawara three times in just 3:06 worth of ring action in forcing the stoppage in their December 11 clash at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Per IBF purse bid rules, neither fighter is permitted to enter an agreement for another bout during the period for the ordered title fight. This prevents Akhmadaliev from pursuing bigger fights, such as a four-belt undisputed showdown with WBC/WBO junior featherweight titlist Stephen Fulton (20-0, 8KOs). Such a fight was never formally discussed by either side, as both unified titlists seemed aware of mandatory title defenses looming ahead in the new year.
In the event that nobody bids on the fight, a second purse bid hearing will be called per IBF Rule 10A covering purse bid procedures. Should that session fail to produce a single bidder, the title could be declared vacant.
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Re: Murodjan Akhmadaliev vs. Marlon Tapales - January 18 Purse Bid
it says
Ronny Rios tested positive for Covid barely a week ahead of the fight.
Rios’ current place in the title rotation is further complicated by a WBA ruling declaring Azat Hovhannisyan as its mandatory challenger in the 122-pound division—a determination that was made prior to the eventually canceled Akhmadaliev-Rios bout. Nevertheless, the IBF is next in line with the winner to face whomever the WBA assigns as its official challenger.
Ronny Rios tested positive for Covid barely a week ahead of the fight.
Rios’ current place in the title rotation is further complicated by a WBA ruling declaring Azat Hovhannisyan as its mandatory challenger in the 122-pound division—a determination that was made prior to the eventually canceled Akhmadaliev-Rios bout. Nevertheless, the IBF is next in line with the winner to face whomever the WBA assigns as its official challenger.
Re: Murodjan Akhmadaliev vs. Marlon Tapales - January 18 Purse Bid
So he's still a mandatory but who knows when he gets his shot because the WBA ordered two mandos.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑12 Jan 2022, 02:16 it says
Ronny Rios tested positive for Covid barely a week ahead of the fight.
Rios’ current place in the title rotation is further complicated by a WBA ruling declaring Azat Hovhannisyan as its mandatory challenger in the 122-pound division—a determination that was made prior to the eventually canceled Akhmadaliev-Rios bout. Nevertheless, the IBF is next in line with the winner to face whomever the WBA assigns as its official challenger.
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ya basically sounds like he's stuck in a clusterf@ck
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Akhmadaliev-Tapales: IBF Postpones January 18 Purse Bid For Junior Featherweight Title Fight
Boxing Scene has learned that the IBF has postponed a previously scheduled purse bid hearing to determine promotional rights for Akhmadaliev’s mandatory defense versus Marlon Tapales. The session was due to take place January 18 from IBF headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey, only for both parties to be informed of the delay.
There is now at least one more week for the two sides to reach an agreement to avoid such a session, though the ruling contradicts the decision by Tapales’ side to send the matter to a purse bid at the start of negotiations. Tapales and his swarm of promoters and managers—MP Promotions, Sanman Boxing, Shapiro Sports, and Viva Promotions—were not interested in drawn out talks, as the Filipino contender was eager to receive his title shot.
A message left with the IBF by Boxing Scene seeking comment went unreturned as this goes to publish. However, the original letter calling for the mandatory fight leaves room for dispute.
The fight was initially ordered January 4, though indicating that Akhmadaliev “won the Title on April 3, 2021. His mandatory defense was due on or before January 3, 2022” in a letter sent to Tapales’ team as well as Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing, representing the defending titlist. The timeline is incorrect, as Akhmadaliev (10-0, 7KOs)—a 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist for Uzbekistan—won the IBF and WBA titles in a twelve-round, split decision over Danny Roman on January 30, 2020.
The 27-year-old Uzbek southpaw has since honored his IBF mandatory obligation with a fifth-round knockout of Ryosuke Iwasa last April 3 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Akhmadaliev was due to face WBA mandatory challenger Ronny Rios last November. Rios was forced to withdraw after testing positive for Covid, leaving Akhmadaliev to face Chile’s Jose Velasquez in a makeshift voluntary defense to salvage the fight date.
The WBA has since complicated matters by naming Azat Hovhannisyan as its mandatory challenger, while failing to rule on Rios’ current status. Former bantamweight titlist Tomoki Kameda also recently fought in a title eliminator, though more to move up the rankings than in expectation of a mandatory title fight.
It now appears that Akhmadaliev has to juggle two mandatory title defenses.
Tapales (35-3, 18KOs) entered the title picture following a second-round knockout of Hiroaki Teshigawara last December 11 clash at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The fight came with the IBF’s blessing as a title eliminator, honoring such a request by Tapales’ team. The win was his second straight following a heartbreaking 11th round stoppage loss to Iwasa in their December 2019 title eliminator.
Akhmadaliev has made two successful defenses of his unified title, with the win over Velasquez coming eight days prior to a second divisional unification bout. Stephen Fulton edged Brandon Figueroa via majority decision in their terrific November 27 clash in Las Vegas, claiming the WBC junior featherweight belt while making the first defense of his WBO title that he won last January.
The current IBF order prevents Akhmadaliev and Tapales from entering an agreement for any other fight. Should the bout still head to a purse bid next Tuesday or at any point in the future, the minimum accepted bid per IBF rules is $25,000 for a junior featherweight title fight between a defending title claimant and a number-one or number-two contender. The bid must be accompanied by a $5,000 non-refundable deposit to be accepted. The winning bid will be split 65/35, with 65% in favor of Akhmadaliev as the defending champion.
If nobody bids on the fight, a second purse bid hearing will be called per IBF Rule 10A covering purse bid procedures. Should that session fail to produce a single bidder, the title could be declared vacant.
For now, all involved parties have at least seven more days to avoid that route.
Boxing Scene has learned that the IBF has postponed a previously scheduled purse bid hearing to determine promotional rights for Akhmadaliev’s mandatory defense versus Marlon Tapales. The session was due to take place January 18 from IBF headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey, only for both parties to be informed of the delay.
There is now at least one more week for the two sides to reach an agreement to avoid such a session, though the ruling contradicts the decision by Tapales’ side to send the matter to a purse bid at the start of negotiations. Tapales and his swarm of promoters and managers—MP Promotions, Sanman Boxing, Shapiro Sports, and Viva Promotions—were not interested in drawn out talks, as the Filipino contender was eager to receive his title shot.
A message left with the IBF by Boxing Scene seeking comment went unreturned as this goes to publish. However, the original letter calling for the mandatory fight leaves room for dispute.
The fight was initially ordered January 4, though indicating that Akhmadaliev “won the Title on April 3, 2021. His mandatory defense was due on or before January 3, 2022” in a letter sent to Tapales’ team as well as Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing, representing the defending titlist. The timeline is incorrect, as Akhmadaliev (10-0, 7KOs)—a 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist for Uzbekistan—won the IBF and WBA titles in a twelve-round, split decision over Danny Roman on January 30, 2020.
The 27-year-old Uzbek southpaw has since honored his IBF mandatory obligation with a fifth-round knockout of Ryosuke Iwasa last April 3 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Akhmadaliev was due to face WBA mandatory challenger Ronny Rios last November. Rios was forced to withdraw after testing positive for Covid, leaving Akhmadaliev to face Chile’s Jose Velasquez in a makeshift voluntary defense to salvage the fight date.
The WBA has since complicated matters by naming Azat Hovhannisyan as its mandatory challenger, while failing to rule on Rios’ current status. Former bantamweight titlist Tomoki Kameda also recently fought in a title eliminator, though more to move up the rankings than in expectation of a mandatory title fight.
It now appears that Akhmadaliev has to juggle two mandatory title defenses.
Tapales (35-3, 18KOs) entered the title picture following a second-round knockout of Hiroaki Teshigawara last December 11 clash at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The fight came with the IBF’s blessing as a title eliminator, honoring such a request by Tapales’ team. The win was his second straight following a heartbreaking 11th round stoppage loss to Iwasa in their December 2019 title eliminator.
Akhmadaliev has made two successful defenses of his unified title, with the win over Velasquez coming eight days prior to a second divisional unification bout. Stephen Fulton edged Brandon Figueroa via majority decision in their terrific November 27 clash in Las Vegas, claiming the WBC junior featherweight belt while making the first defense of his WBO title that he won last January.
The current IBF order prevents Akhmadaliev and Tapales from entering an agreement for any other fight. Should the bout still head to a purse bid next Tuesday or at any point in the future, the minimum accepted bid per IBF rules is $25,000 for a junior featherweight title fight between a defending title claimant and a number-one or number-two contender. The bid must be accompanied by a $5,000 non-refundable deposit to be accepted. The winning bid will be split 65/35, with 65% in favor of Akhmadaliev as the defending champion.
If nobody bids on the fight, a second purse bid hearing will be called per IBF Rule 10A covering purse bid procedures. Should that session fail to produce a single bidder, the title could be declared vacant.
For now, all involved parties have at least seven more days to avoid that route.
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Akhmadaliev-Tapales IBF Title Fight Tabled; Akhmadaliev To Next Face Ronny Rios In WBA Mandatory
The rotation has been sorted out for Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s next fight.
Boxing Scene has confirmed that Uzbekistan’s Akhmadaliev (10-0, 7KOs)—the reigning WBA “Super”/IBF junior featherweight titlist—will next face Ronny Rios in a mandatory defense of his WBA title. The ruling comes on the heels of a purse bid hearing previously scheduled Friday to determine promotional rights for his IBF mandatory defense versus Philippines’ Marlon Tapales.
Akhmadaliev was previously faced with dueling title obligations, as the WBA and IBF both enforced mandatory title defenses with weeks of one another. It has been agreed upon by both sanctioning bodies that Rios (33-3, 16KOs) is next in line, maintaining his slot after losing out on a previously scheduled fight with Akhmadaliev. Rios was due to face the unbeaten southpaw last November 19 but was forced to withdraw after testing positive for Covid a little more than a week before the DAZN event in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Akhmadaliev went on to beat late replacement Jose Velasquez by unanimous decision, only to walk into mass confusion surrounding his unified title reign.
By the time of the fight, the WBA had already declared Azat Hovhannisyan (20-3, 16KOs) as its next mandatory contender. The ruling came under the assumption that Akhmadaliev-Rios would proceed as planned, with little clarification offered until this past Tuesday, when the sanctioning body re-ordered Akhmadaliev-Rios along with a 90-day deadline for the rescheduled fight to take place.
The IBF had already ordered Akhmadaliev-Tapales by that point, even delaying a January 18 purse bid hearing to further sort out matters despite the insistence from Tapales’ team to proceed with the session.
Rios is currently riding a four-fight win streak, including a ten-round decision over Oscar Negrete last February in Indio, California. The California-based contender has won five of his last six starts since his previous title challenge, a twelve-round decision to unbeaten Rey Vargas in their August 2017 WBC junior featherweight title fight.
Interestingly, the lone loss in that period for Rios came at the hands of Hovhannisyan, who won via sixth-round knockout in their March 2018 meeting. Hovhannisyan went on to face and lose to Vargas in his own title bid, having since won six in a row including a ten-round decision over Jose Santos Gonzalez last July.
However, Rios emerged as the mandatory challenger after being owed a title shot during more confusing times when the WBA recognized multiple titlists in each weight division. He was previously ordered to face Brandon Figueroa, who went in a different direction and ultimately relinquished his secondary version of the WBA title to fight for and win the WBC belt.
By that time, Rios was advanced to challenge for the main title as the WBA ordered his fight with Akhmadaliev last April. Matchroom obtained the rights to the fight, which has since endured two delays due to both participants testing positive for Covid at separate times. The fight is now back in play, after the IBF conceded that the WBA remains first in the mandatory rotation that comes with unified titlists.
Tapales (35-3. 18KOs) will now have to wait out the winner of Akhmadaliev-Rios for his shot at the WBA/IBF junior featherweight crown. The resurgent contender from Kapatagan, Philippines—who is represented by MP Promotions, Sanman Boxing, Shapiro Sports, and Viva Promotions—has won two straight since a heartbreaking eleventh-round knockout to Ryosuke Iwasa in their December 2019 IBF title eliminator.
In his most recent start, Tapales punched his way back into contention with a second-round knockout of Hiroaki Teshigawara last December 11 in Carson, California. The fight came with the IBF’s blessing as a final eliminator, which was followed by Akhmadaliev-Tapales being ordered by the New Jersey-based sanctioning body on January 4. Tapales’ team requested an immediate purse bid hearing in lieu of a negotiation period, only to be met with a ten-day delay and now losing position in the mandatory title challenger rotation.
Akhmadaliev became a unified titlist in just his eighth pro fight, outlasting Daniel Roman to win a split decision and the WBA/IBF junior featherweight title fights in their January 2020 scorcher. The 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist made his first defense last April, stopping Iwasa in the fifth round of a homecoming fight in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The rotation has been sorted out for Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s next fight.
Boxing Scene has confirmed that Uzbekistan’s Akhmadaliev (10-0, 7KOs)—the reigning WBA “Super”/IBF junior featherweight titlist—will next face Ronny Rios in a mandatory defense of his WBA title. The ruling comes on the heels of a purse bid hearing previously scheduled Friday to determine promotional rights for his IBF mandatory defense versus Philippines’ Marlon Tapales.
Akhmadaliev was previously faced with dueling title obligations, as the WBA and IBF both enforced mandatory title defenses with weeks of one another. It has been agreed upon by both sanctioning bodies that Rios (33-3, 16KOs) is next in line, maintaining his slot after losing out on a previously scheduled fight with Akhmadaliev. Rios was due to face the unbeaten southpaw last November 19 but was forced to withdraw after testing positive for Covid a little more than a week before the DAZN event in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Akhmadaliev went on to beat late replacement Jose Velasquez by unanimous decision, only to walk into mass confusion surrounding his unified title reign.
By the time of the fight, the WBA had already declared Azat Hovhannisyan (20-3, 16KOs) as its next mandatory contender. The ruling came under the assumption that Akhmadaliev-Rios would proceed as planned, with little clarification offered until this past Tuesday, when the sanctioning body re-ordered Akhmadaliev-Rios along with a 90-day deadline for the rescheduled fight to take place.
The IBF had already ordered Akhmadaliev-Tapales by that point, even delaying a January 18 purse bid hearing to further sort out matters despite the insistence from Tapales’ team to proceed with the session.
Rios is currently riding a four-fight win streak, including a ten-round decision over Oscar Negrete last February in Indio, California. The California-based contender has won five of his last six starts since his previous title challenge, a twelve-round decision to unbeaten Rey Vargas in their August 2017 WBC junior featherweight title fight.
Interestingly, the lone loss in that period for Rios came at the hands of Hovhannisyan, who won via sixth-round knockout in their March 2018 meeting. Hovhannisyan went on to face and lose to Vargas in his own title bid, having since won six in a row including a ten-round decision over Jose Santos Gonzalez last July.
However, Rios emerged as the mandatory challenger after being owed a title shot during more confusing times when the WBA recognized multiple titlists in each weight division. He was previously ordered to face Brandon Figueroa, who went in a different direction and ultimately relinquished his secondary version of the WBA title to fight for and win the WBC belt.
By that time, Rios was advanced to challenge for the main title as the WBA ordered his fight with Akhmadaliev last April. Matchroom obtained the rights to the fight, which has since endured two delays due to both participants testing positive for Covid at separate times. The fight is now back in play, after the IBF conceded that the WBA remains first in the mandatory rotation that comes with unified titlists.
Tapales (35-3. 18KOs) will now have to wait out the winner of Akhmadaliev-Rios for his shot at the WBA/IBF junior featherweight crown. The resurgent contender from Kapatagan, Philippines—who is represented by MP Promotions, Sanman Boxing, Shapiro Sports, and Viva Promotions—has won two straight since a heartbreaking eleventh-round knockout to Ryosuke Iwasa in their December 2019 IBF title eliminator.
In his most recent start, Tapales punched his way back into contention with a second-round knockout of Hiroaki Teshigawara last December 11 in Carson, California. The fight came with the IBF’s blessing as a final eliminator, which was followed by Akhmadaliev-Tapales being ordered by the New Jersey-based sanctioning body on January 4. Tapales’ team requested an immediate purse bid hearing in lieu of a negotiation period, only to be met with a ten-day delay and now losing position in the mandatory title challenger rotation.
Akhmadaliev became a unified titlist in just his eighth pro fight, outlasting Daniel Roman to win a split decision and the WBA/IBF junior featherweight title fights in their January 2020 scorcher. The 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist made his first defense last April, stopping Iwasa in the fifth round of a homecoming fight in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.