Erickson Lubin says he desires to problem IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev subsequent. The #3 ranked Lubin (28-2, 16 KOs) revealed that Tim Tszyu already had plans to combat him subsequent if he’d crushed Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) final Saturday evening, however with him shedding by a third-round TKO, that combat is not occurring. Lubin says he’ll now transfer on and face Murtazaliev subsequent.
Lubin Desires Title Shot
Until the IBF orders the combat, this might be a voluntary protection for Murtazaliev, who mentioned final Saturday that he needed to combat unification matches. If he can’t get any of the champions to combat him, he could be open to defending towards Lubin.
Lubin has received his final two fights towards Jesus Ramos and Luis Arias since being stopped by Sebastian Fundora within the ninth spherical two years in the past, on April 9, 2022. Erickson’s 12-round unanimous resolution win over Ramos was a minor upset, as lots of people thought he would lose that combat. The scores had been 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113.
The 29-year-old Lubin has been inactive for 13 months since his win over Ramos on September thirtieth final yr. He says he doesn’t like taking tune-ups. So, if Lubin does face Murtazaliev subsequent, he’d be coming off a protracted layoff to face probably the most harmful fighters within the 154-lb division.
“It was thrilling from the opening bell. Tim Tszyu acquired caught, and he couldn’t recuperate,” mentioned Erickson Lubin to Thaboxingvoice, speaking about final Saturday evening’s combat between Tim Tszyu and IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev.
“Nah, I had my cash on Tim Tszyu,” mentioned Lubin when requested if he anticipated that end result. “He was a champion already. So if Tim had crushed him, me and Tim, we already had one thing deliberate. However now we acquired to maneuver on and attempt to get this Russian dude [Murtazaliev].”
Tune-ups Not Wanted
Lubin have to be assured to wish to tackle Murtazaliev, however he may reside to remorse it. This isn’t Jesus Ramos or Luis Arias that he’ll be dealing with. Furthermore, Murtazaliev is a a lot larger puncher than the 6’6″ Sebastian Fundora, who dished out a extreme beating of Lubin, reworking his face right into a lion-esque look. His face seemed nothing like what it had at the beginning of the combat.
“Nah, I don’t even like tune-ups. I’ll get in there with him,” mentioned Lubin about him being able to problem Murtazaliev for his IBF belt subsequent.
