This is a stay busy fight for Murtazaliev who has been the IBF mandatory at super welterweight for over a year now but has been stepping aside to let the division be unified. Khiary Gray is a journeyman who hasn’t fought since early 2019 and has been stopped multiple times.

I think Bakhram Murtazaliev will win by knockout due to being bigger and more active while Gray is quite small for the weight class and hasn’t fought for over two years.