Murodjon Akhmadaliev KO3 Ricardo Espinoza Franco... In Monte Carlo, former two-belt super bantamweight champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev knocked out Ricardo Espinoza Franco in the third round with the WBA interim title at stake. More important than the secondary belt, Akhmadaliev likely put himself in position to challenge world champion Naoya Inoue next year. [Inoue is scheduled to face Sam Goodman next, but that fight just got postponed to late January.] Akhmadaliev, from Kazakhstan, is now 16-3 including the World Series of Boxing. Espinoza Franco returns to Mexico with a 30-5 mark.