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Erickson Lubin has earned a mandatory place to dispute Bakhhhhs Muratazalev for his IBF Junior Middle Category title by hitting Ardreal Holmes Jr. in the 11th round of the eliminator of the title last Saturday night at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.
After the fight, Lubin (27-2, 19 Kos) called Murtazalieva (23-0, 17 ko), telling him to “stop hiding” and gave him the deadline until May 18. Bakhhram probably hoped for something better than Lubina after a former WBO 154 LB Tszyu team champion broke out in the third round of October 19 last year. However, this performance and IBF’s 10-pound rehydration rule scared the main candidates and other division champions. Lubin is the best Murtazaliev he can get, because at least he wants to fight him.
“The following is a title. I’m fighting for the IBF title. Bakhhhram, stop hiding! You got until 18 May. Let’s sign a job and achieve it,” Erickson Lubin said in his After the fight After stopping Holmes Jr.
In other interviews, Lubin hinted that Box Murtazaliev would show him the other side of his game. Some of that we saw in his fight against Jesus Ramos.
Boxing fans on social networks do not give Lubina much chance of defeating Murtazaliev because he has been folded in the past during the fight against major blows. Jermell Charlo and Sebastian Flons stopped him. From his loss on Flonura, he did not fight anyone well.
Lubin didn’t look great against Holmes the younger. He hit a lot in the fight and was lucky that his opponent was not a big blow. Both Lubin’s eyes were badly swollen to the end of the fight, and you could say that he really had to push himself to win.
Lubin probably lost two of his last four fights, as his unanimous victory in the unanimous decision over Jesus Ramos in September 2023 was questionable that could go the other way. If the judges understood it correctly, Lubin’s record would be 2-2 in conflict against Murtazaliev.
Last time updated 11.01.2025