# Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov

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).

## Professional career

Yaqubov turned professional in late 2015, signing a deal with RCC Boxing Promotions. He soon made his debut on 12 December of that year, defeating fellow debutant Vladimir Terekhov in Saint Petersburg. 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. He retained it three months later against veteran Yogli Herrera by way of unanimous decision (UD). 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. Two months later he successfully defended it, scoring three knockdowns en route to a first-round TKO of Japanese challenger Daiki Ichikawa.
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. 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. In his first defense of the WBC International belt in February 2019, he decisioned Emanuel López at the KRK Uralets. He also outpointed NABF champ Abraham Montoya and former world champ Tomás Rojas in subsequent title bouts. Yaqubov made his fourth WBC International title defense against Lunga Sitemela on 27 March 2021, whom he beat by unanimous decision.
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. He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 118–109, 117–110 and 117–110. 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.

## Professional boxing record

| 22 fights | 21 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 11 | 0 |
| By decision | 10 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Pablo Vicente | UD | 10 | 25 Nov 2023 | Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 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 | |