Shavkatdzhon Shokirovich Rakhimov (born 14 August 1994) is a

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. He is the current

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champion, having held the title since November 2022. He previously held the IBO super-featherweight title from 2017 to 2019 and challenged for the

super-featherweight title in February 2021. As of June 2020, he is ranked as the world's sixth best active super-featherweight by the

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, seventh by

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and ninth by '' The Ring''.

Amateur career

In 2013, Rakhimov won a gold medal at the Tajikistan National Championships in

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in June, and went on to compete at the 2013 World Boxing Championships in

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in October where he defeated Adilson Justino of Angola and Branimir Stankovic of Serbia but lost to Ermek Sakenov of Kyrgyzstan in the third round. In 2014, Rakhimov won a gold medal at the Tajikistan National Championships in

Khujand Khujand ( tg, Хуҷанд, Khujand; Uzbek: Хўжанд, romanized: Хo'jand; fa, خجند‌, Khojand), sometimes spelled Khodjent and known as Leninabad (russian: Ленинабад, Leninabad; tg, Ленинобод, Leninobod; fa, لن� ...

in May, and went on to win a bronze medal at the 2014

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in Yakutsk, Russia in September. In 2015, Rakhimov won a gold medal at the 2015 Tajikistan National Championship in

in March.

Professional career

Shavkat Rakhimov made his professional debut in 2015 at the age of 21. He won the WBO Inter-Continental Youth super featherweight title in 2016, and by mid 2017 had amassed a record of 10 wins with all but two by stoppage. On 20 June 2017, it was announced that Rakhimov would face off against

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on 9 September in

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for the vacant IBO world title, last held by

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who was stripped in May due to inactivity. However, on 18 August, RCC Boxing announced that Saucedo had pulled out of the fight notifying the promoter that he would be unable to make the weight. He was replaced by Emanuel Lopez. On 9 September, Rakhimov defeated Emanuel Lopez by unanimous decision to win the IBO super featherweight title. On 10 February 2018, Rakhimov defeated former IBF and IBO champion Malcolm Klassen to retain the IBO super featherweight title. He won the bout by

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in the eighth round. On 19 August, Rakhimov defended his title against Mexican boxer Robinson Castellanos, who had a recent victory over

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and had previously challenged for the

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and interim WBC titles in 2017 and 2016, respectively. Rakhimov won the bout by technical knockout at 1:36 of the second round. On 23 March 2019, Rakhimov defeated South African boxer Rofhiwa Maemu by knockout in the fourth round. Maemu suffered two knockdowns in the round after which he walked back to his corner signaling an end to the fight.

Professional boxing record

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* * , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Rakhimov, Shavkat 1994 births Living people Tajikistani male boxers International Boxing Organization champions International Boxing Federation champions World super-featherweight boxing champions Lightweight boxers People from Khatlon Region

Amateur career

Professional career

Professional boxing record

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