# Khabib Allakhverdiev

Khabib Mevlidinovich Allakhverdiev (Russian: Хабиб Мевлидинович Аллахвердиев; born 8 December 1982) is a Russian former professional boxer of Lezgin descent who competed from 2007 to 2015. He held the WBA (Regular) and IBO super-lightweight titles from 2012 to 2014, and as an amateur won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2005 World Championships.

## Amateur career

Allakhverdiev won bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the lightweight division, losing to eventual winner Yordenis Ugás.
Allakhverdiev had an amateur record of around 220 fights.

## Professional career

He turned professional in 2007 and was promoted by Warriors Boxing and Top Rank. His biggest accomplishments came in 2012, when he first won the IBO junior welterweight title against Kaizer Mabuza, knocking him out in four rounds. The following year he defeated then-unbeaten Joan Guzmán on a technical decision to win the vacant WBA super lightweight regular title. Allakhverdiev was supposed to make a defense with Breidis Prescott but he got injured and pulled out so Terence Crawford replaced him. One defense was made of both titles in 2013, when Allakhverdiev defeated Souleymane M'baye via late-rounds stoppage. In 2014, Allakhverdiev suffered his first professional loss in a closely contested bout against Jessie Vargas, which went the full twelve-round distance. In 2015, he lost by TKO to Adrien Broner, and has not fought since.

## Professional boxing record

| 21 fights | 19 wins | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 9 | 1 |
| By decision | 9 | 1 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 21 | Loss | 19–2 | Adrien Broner | TKO | 12 (12), 2:23 | 3 Oct 2015 | U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, US | For vacant WBA super-lightweight title |
| 20 | Loss | 19–1 | Jessie Vargas | UD | 12 | 12 Apr 2014 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, US | Lost WBA (Regular) and IBO super-lightweight titles |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Souleymane M'baye | TKO | 11 (12), 2:27 | 13 Jul 2013 | Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco | Retained WBA (Regular) and IBO super-lightweight titles |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Joan Guzmán | TD | 8 (12) | 30 Nov 2012 | BB&T Center, Sunrise, Florida, US | Retained IBO super-lightweight title; Won vacant WBA (Regular) super-lightweight title; Split TD after Guzmán could not continue from a knee injury |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Kaizer Mabuza | KO | 4 (12) 1:01 | 20 Jun 2012 | CSKA Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia | Won IBO super-lightweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Ignacio Mendoza | TKO | 7 (12), 0:23 | 8 Feb 2012 | Metallurg Stadium, Samara, Russia | Won vacant WBA Fedelatin super-lightweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Nate Campbell | TD | 6 (10), 0:54 | 25 Sep 2011 | Sports Palace Olymp, Krasnodar, Russia | Unanimous TD after Campbell was cut from an accidental head clash |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Maxim Smirnov | UD | 8 | 2 Jul 2011 | Peshchera Night Club, Tyumen, Russia | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Juan Nazario | UD | 6 | 19 Oct 2010 | Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida, US | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Karen Tevosyan | UD | 12 | 23 May 2010 | Red Square, Moscow, Russia | Won vacant WBC–ABCO super-lightweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Francisco Rios Gil | KO | 1 (6), 1:29 | 30 Oct 2009 | Cambria County War Memorial Arena, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Abdulaziz Matazimov | TKO | 5 (8), 1:54 | 30 May 2009 | Sports Palace, Tyumen, Russia | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Richard Pitt | TKO | 1 (6), 2:19 | 27 Feb 2009 | Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida, US | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Maliki Kinyogoli | UD | 6 | 21 Nov 2008 | Ice Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Roland Mills | TKO | 3 (6), 0:41 | 6 Sep 2008 | Red Square, Moscow, Russia | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Gustavo Miller | UD | 4 | 13 Oct 2007 | Khodynka Arena, Moscow, Russia | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Josean Escalera | SD | 4 | 31 Aug 2007 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Roberto Acevedo | DQ | 4 (4), 2:48 | 2 Jun 2007 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US | Acevedo disqualified for repeated holding |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Damian Tinker | UD | 4 | 16 May 2007 | Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida, US | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Devarise Crayton | KO | 1 (4), 1:33 | 20 Apr 2007 | Community Center, Port St. Lucie, Florida, US | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Miguel Ortiz | KO | 1 (4), 2:59 | 10 Mar 2007 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US | |