Marlon Tapales upsets Uzbek champ to win IBF, WBA belts
MANILA, Philippines—Marlon Tapales stunned Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev to become a unified super bantamweight champion on Sunday (Manila time) at Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. Tapales claimed the WBA (Super) and IBF belts by split decision after two judges had him winning, 115-113, while the other surprisingly scored it, 118-110, in favor […]
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