Who will Bakhram Murtazaliev 🇷🇺 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Josh Kelly🇬🇧 (5%, callout / claim).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
BoxingNews24 reports a 12 Dec return in Russia. He wants a rematch with Kelly.
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Bakhram Murtazaliev's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 5%chance next opponentBakhram Murtazaliev lost to Josh Kelly on 31 Jan 2026 (MD). Murtazaliev wants a rematch with Kelly.Later
Field / other: 95%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Loss vs Josh Kelly · MD · 31 Jan 2026
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Bakhram Murtazaliev: frequently asked questions
When is Bakhram Murtazaliev's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Josh Kelly (Later).
Who did Bakhram Murtazaliev fight last?
Bakhram Murtazaliev lost to Josh Kelly on 31 Jan 2026 (MD). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Bakhram Murtazaliev likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Josh Kelly (5%), field / other 95%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Bakhram Murtazaliev's record?
23–1 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 31 Jan 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.
Other super welterweight boxers
- Sebastian Fundora🇺🇸 · WBC super welterweight · next: Ermal Hadribeaj Booked
- Jaron Ennis🇺🇸 · WBA super welterweight · next: Josh Kelly 70%
- Josh Kelly🇬🇧 · IBF super welterweight · next: Jaron Ennis 70%
- Vergil Ortiz Jr.🇺🇸 · WBC interim super welterweight · next: Keith Thurman 30%
- Tim Tszyu🇦🇺 · No world title listed · next: Erislandy Lara 70%
- Xander Zayas🇵🇷 · No world title listed · next: Jaron Ennis 4%
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Sources
- Wikipedia: Bakhram Murtazaliev · record and last fight (revision 1362914119)
- The Ring: Murtazaliev gearing up for return, awaits Kelly rematch
- BoxingNews24: Bakhram Murtazaliev returns December 12 in Russia
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.