{"id":1179,"date":"2018-03-05T13:38:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T13:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internationalboxingassociation.com\/copy\/1179-2\/"},"modified":"2018-03-05T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T13:38:29","slug":"1179-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.internationalboxingassociation.com\/copy\/1179-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Murtazaliev Earned the IBA Junior Middleweight Belt with the Victory."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> The time of the stoppage was <strong>1:08<\/strong>. <\/h1>\n<h2> <strong> Murtazaliev <\/strong> earned the IBA junior middleweight belt with the victory. <\/h2>\n<p> Russian 154-pounder <strong> Bakhram Murtazaliev <\/strong> (12-0, 10 KO\u2019s) pounded <strong> Kenneth McNeil <\/strong> for four rounds before finishing him off in the fifth. <\/p>\n<p> <strong> Murtazaliev <\/strong> appeared capable of hurting <strong> McNeil <\/strong> throughout the fight but had difficulty landing a series of flush shots that could have brought about an early ending. That conundrum ended in the fifth when he broke through <strong> McNeil\u2019s <\/strong> guard to drop him to the canvas and under a ring post.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> McNeil <\/strong> (11-4, 8 KO\u2019s) rose confidently and when the action resumed he continued to punch back to stave off a stoppage. But the effort was futile and after <strong> Murtazaliev <\/strong> reconnected with a few hard shots to <strong> McNeil\u2019s <\/strong> forehead the fight was waved off with <strong> McNeil <\/strong> still standing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time of the stoppage was 1:08. Murtazaliev earned the IBA junior middleweight belt with the victory. Russian 154-pounder Bakhram Murtazaliev (12-0, 10 KO\u2019s) pounded Kenneth McNeil for four rounds before finishing him off in the fifth. 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