Murodjon Akhmadaliev

Murodjon Akhmadaliev is one of those fighters who earns admiration through sheer relentlessness. An Olympic bronze medalist as an amateur, he turned professional and climbed to unified super-bantamweight champion, holding both the WBA and IBF belts. What grabs me is his southpaw body attack, a patient, grinding cruelty that breaks opponents over rounds rather than chasing one highlight knockout. Known simply as MJ, he represents the remarkable boxing pipeline coming out of Uzbekistan and Central Asia. I see his whole arc, from Namangan to world titles, as a single determined narrative, and I would love to watch him reclaim gold.

Name (English)

Murodjon Akhmadaliev

Name (Japanese)

ムロジョン・アフマダリエフ

Reading

むろじょん・あふまだりえふ

Born

November 2, 1994 (age 31)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

Origin

Namangan, Namangan Region, Uzbekistan

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• IBF World Junior Featherweight Champion
• WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/murodjon_akhmadaliev/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murodjon%20Akhmadaliev
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%80%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26260147

Tags

• Namangan Region
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-20

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