Khabib Mevlidinovich Allakhverdiev (russian: Хабиб Мевлидинович Аллахвердиев; born 8 December 1982) is a Russian former

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of Lezgin descent"Khabib Allakhverdiev of Dagestan Captures Vacant WBA Title"
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. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2013-01-06. who competed from 2007 to 2015. He held the

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and IBO

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titles from 2012 to 2014, and as an

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won a bronze medal in the

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division at the 2005 World Championships.

Amateur career

Allakhverdiev won bronze at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the

division, losing to eventual winner

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. Allakhverdiev had an amateur record of around 220 fights.

Professional career

He turned professional in 2007 and was promoted by Warriors Boxing and

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. His biggest accomplishments came in 2012, when he first won the IBO junior welterweight title against

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, knocking him out in four rounds. The following year he defeated then-unbeaten

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to win the WBA super lightweight title. Allakhverdiev was supposed to make a defense with

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but he got injured and pulled out so

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replaced him. One defense was made of both titles in 2013, when Allakhverdiev defeated

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via late-rounds stoppage. In 2014, Allakhverdiev suffered his first professional loss in a closely contested bout against

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, which went the full twelve-round distance. In 2015, he lost by TKO to Adrien Broner, and has not fought since.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allakhverdiev, Khabib 1982 births Living people Russian people of Lezgian descent Russian people of Dagestani descent Lightweight boxers People from Kaspiysk Russian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists World Boxing Association champions International Boxing Organization champions Light-welterweight boxers World light-welterweight boxing champions Sportspeople from Dagestan