Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov
Born (1995-03-31) 31 March 1995
Isfara, Tajikistan
NationalityTajikistani
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights21
Wins20
Wins by KO11
Losses1

Muhammadkhuja Iskandarovich Yaqubov (born 31 March 1995) is a Tajikistani professional boxer who has held the WBC International super-featherweight title since 2018.

Amateur career

Yaqubov started boxing at the age of 10 and reached the rank of Candidate for Master of Sport (кмс).[2]

Professional career

Yaqubov turned professional in late 2015, signing a deal with RCC Boxing Promotions.[2] He soon made his debut on 12 December of that year, defeating fellow debutant Vladimir Terekhov in Saint Petersburg.[3] After three more victories he received his first title shot on 15 November 2016, and defeated Nikolai Buzolin by eighth-round technical knockout (TKO) to win the WBC–ABCO Continental lightweight title.[4] He retained it three months later against veteran Yogli Herrera by way of unanimous decision (UD).[5] In his next fight he picked up the vacant WBO Youth lightweight title; his opponent Feruzbek Yuldashev didn't answer the bell for the fifth round due to injury.[6] Two months later he successfully defended it, scoring three knockdowns en route to a first-round TKO of Japanese challenger Daiki Ichikawa.[6]

On 10 February 2018, Yaqubov defeated young prospect Mark Urvanov by UD in Yekaterinburg, adding the WBA Continental and IBF Baltic super-featherweight titles to his résumé.[4] He won the vacant WBC International super-featherweight title a few months after that, stopping Víctor Alejandro Zúñiga in the first round with a shot to the solar plexus on 19 August.[7] In his first defense of the WBC International belt in February 2019, he decisioned Emanuel López at the KRK Uralets.[8] He also outpointed NABF champ Abraham Montoya and former world champ Tomás Rojas in subsequent title bouts.[9][10] Yaqubov made his fourth WBC International title defense against Lunga Sitemela on 27 March 2021, whom he beat by unanimous decision.[11]

Yaubov faced O'Shaquie Foster in a WBC title eliminator on 18 March 2022, on the undercard of the Sunny Edwards and Muhammad Waseem IBF title bout.[12] He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 118–109, 117–110 and 117–110.[13] Yaqubov rebounded from the first loss of his professional career with a unanimous decision victory over Carlos Daniel Cordoba on 11 September 2022, and a knockout of Javokhirbek Karimov on April 28, 2023.[14]

Professional boxing record

21 fights 20 wins 1 loss
By knockout 11 0
By decision 9 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
21 Win 20–1 Javokhirbek Karimov KO 1 (8), 2:51 28 Apr 2023 Dushanbe Tennis Palace, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
20 Win 19–1 Carlos Daniel Cordoba UD 8 11 Sep 2022 Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia
19 Loss 18–1 O'Shaquie Foster UD 12 18 Mar 2022 Aviation Club Tennis Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates For WBC Silver super-featherweight title
18 Win 18–0 Christian Palma RTD 4 (10), 3:00 11 Sep 2021 RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia Retained WBC International super-featherweight title
17 Win 17–0 Lunga Sitemela UD 10 27 Mar 2021 RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia Retained WBC International super-featherweight title
16 Win 16–0 Tomás Rojas UD 12 7 Mar 2020 RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia Retained WBC International super-featherweight title
15 Win 15–0 Abraham Montoya UD 12 2 Nov 2019 RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia Retained WBC International super-featherweight title
14 Win 14–0 Jhon Gemino KO 2 (8), 1:26 13 Jul 2019 RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia
13 Win 13–0 Emanuel López UD 10 22 Feb 2019 KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg, Russia Retained WBC International super-featherweight title
12 Win 12–0 Víctor Alejandro Zúñiga KO 1 (10), 2:51 19 Aug 2018 DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia Won vacant WBC International super-featherweight title
11 Win 11–0 Mark Urvanov UD 12 10 Feb 2018 DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia Won vacant WBA Continental and IBF Baltic super-featherweight titles
10 Win 10–0 Jaime Barcelona KO 1 (8), 1:34 15 Dec 2017 DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
9 Win 9–0 Ernie Sanchez KO 4 (8), 1:01 9 Sep 2017 Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia
8 Win 8–0 Daiki Ichikawa TKO 1 (8), 1:50 9 Jul 2017 DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia Retained WBO Youth lightweight title
7 Win 7–0 Feruzbek Yuldashev RTD 4 (8), 3:00 2 May 2017 Dom Pechati, Yekaterinburg, Russia Won vacant WBO Youth lightweight title
6 Win 6–0 Yogli Herrera UD 10 18 Feb 2017 Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia Retains WBC–ABCO Continental lightweight title
5 Win 5–0 Nikolai Buzolin TKO 8 (10), 0:29 15 Nov 2016 Dom Pechati, Yekaterinburg, Russia Won vacant WBC–ABCO Continental lightweight title
4 Win 4–0 Andranik Hloyan KO 4 (8), 1:58 17 Sep 2016 SKK im Blinova, Omsk, Russia
3 Win 3–0 Nikolai Buzolin SD 6 8 May 2016 Sports Palace, Vidnoye, Russia
2 Win 2–0 Amir Saltayev MD 4 22 Apr 2016 SuperClub, Pskov, Russia
1 Win 1–0 Vladimir Terekhov RTD 3 (4), 3:00 12 Dec 2015 Saturn Boxing Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia

References

  1. ↑ "Boxing record for Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov". BoxRec.
  2. 1 2 Korchagin, Sergey (30 May 2018). "Проспекты. Мухаммадхуча Якубов. Факты о боксёре". boxanalitika.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Мухаммадхуча Якубов" (in Russian). RCC Boxing Promotions. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Kayumov, Alisher (21 February 2018). "Мухаммад Якубов – новый чемпион по боксу из Таджикистана". SugdNEWS (in Russian). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Sukachev, Alexey (18 February 2017). "Shavkat Rakimov Stops Rogelio Doliguez in Five Rounds". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. 1 2 Kayumova, Mukhayo (13 February 2018). "Таджикский боксёр празднует очередную победу". SugdNEWS (in Russian). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Noquean al 'Gato' Zúñiga en Rusia". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 20 August 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "ВИДЕО БОЯ МУХАММАД ЯКУБОВ — ЭМАНУЭЛЬ ЛОПЕС / MUHAMMADKHUJA YAQUBOV VS EMANUEL LOPEZ". boxinggu.ru (in Russian). 22 February 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "В Екатеринбурге два таджикских профи-боксера побили соперников". nm.tj (in Russian). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Мухаммад Якубов: Через пару боёв смогу подраться за чемпионский пояс WBA". Asia-Plus (in Russian). 7 April 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Мухаммад Якубов победил Лунгу Сайтмелу". allboxing.ru. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Stumberg, Patrick L. (4 February 2022). "O'Shaquie Foster vs Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov eliminator joins Edwards-Waseem on March 18th". badlefthook.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  13. ↑ Donovan, Jake (18 March 2022). "O'Shaquie Foster Drops, Soundly Outpoints Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov In WBC Title Eliminator". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Мухаммадхуча Якубов победил Карлоса Дэниэла Кордобу". allboxing.ru. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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