27 for the WBC title, is also a possibility. He added that a rematch with Brandon Figueroa, whom he defeated in a 12-round decision on Nov. Asked who he would be interested in fighting at that weight, Fulton said, “Whoever’s got the belt.” Should a meeting with Akhmadaliev fail to materialize, he said he is open to the possibility of moving up from 122 pounds to 126. “If MJ can take care of business,” Fulton said, he’s confident a winner-take-all showdown can be arranged.īut Fulton is a fighter with options. “I got to finish this up.”Īkhmadaliev will look to defend his titles in a fight later this month. “You already know what’s next,” Fulton said. More specifically, the fighter who took the WBA and IBF titles from Roman in January 2020, Murodjon Akhmadaliev.
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Minutes later, while meeting with reporters, Fulton’s championship belts were on full display as he described how his plan to “keep it clean” had worked to perfection, relying on his elusiveness and accurate left jab to prevent Roman from doing any damage.īut it wasn’t long before Fulton’s focus turned to the immediate future. Responding to a question during a postfight interview inside the ring, the West Philadelphia native (21-0) made it clear to an international TV audience and the sellout crowd of 4,695 that he didn’t need the win over the former WBA and IBF champion to cement his place among the “pound for pound, 10 best fighters in the world.”
was very much in the moment on Saturday night after retaining his WBC and WBO super bantamweight titles with an unanimous decision over Daniel Roman at the Armory in downtown Minneapolis.