{"id":450112,"date":"2026-01-31T19:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/450112\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:15:08","slug":"bakhram-murtazaliev-vs-josh-kelly-live-scorecard-and-full-undercard-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/450112\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakhram Murtazaliev vs Josh Kelly live scorecard and full undercard results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Kelly stars in his maiden world title challenge against destructive champion Bakhram Murtazaliev at the Newcastle Arena tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Olympian moved up to the super-welterweight ranks back in 2022 following a bruising loss to David Avanesyan, but has not yet faced world-level opposition in the division. He has, however, scored notable victories over Troy Williamson and Ishmael Davis on the big stage.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Murtazaliev is an undeniable step up, known best to boxing fans for his three-round demolition of Tim Tsyzu last time out in October 2024. Could the long layoff, paired with Kelly\u2019s slick style and the home advantage, spell trouble for the champion? Or will <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/dave-allen-predicts-murtazaliev-vs-kelly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Murtazaliev\u2019s steely composure and raw power<\/a> see him remain undefeated and with the IBF belt firmly in hand?<\/p>\n<p>Following the prelims, the undercard features rising heavyweight star Leo Atang in his fourth bout and likely fourth stoppage victory, Turkey\u2019s Elif Nur Turhan looking to continue a knockout streak of her own and defend her lightweight belt, and Josh Padley challenging for the vacant European title at 130lbs.<\/p>\n<p>Boxing News brings you the undercard results, summaries and a live scorecard for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matchroomboxing.com\/events\/murtazaliev-vs-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the main event.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Undercard results<\/p>\n<p>Leo Atang vs Amine Boucetta \u2014 Heavyweight<\/p>\n<p>Result: \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Elif Nur Turhan vs Taylah Gentzen \u2014 IBF World Lightweight World Title<\/p>\n<p>Result: \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Josh Padley vs Jaouad Belmehdi \u2014 EBU European Super Featherweight Title<\/p>\n<p>Result: \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Bakhram Murtazaliev vs Josh Kelly scorecard and result<\/p>\n<p>This is a Boxing News live scorecard and not the official score from the judges.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0123456789101112TotalMurtazaliev\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a00Kelly\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a00<\/p>\n<p>Result: \u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Kelly stars in his maiden world title challenge against destructive champion Bakhram Murtazaliev at the Newcastle Arena&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-450112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}