Shohjahon Ergashev (born 12 December 1991) is an Uzbek professional boxer. He challenged for the IBF super-lightweight title in 2023.
Background Ergashev was born in Fergana, Uzbekistan. He was representing the National Team of Uzbekistan; his coach saw excellent results and talent in him and decided to check into professional boxing.
Career Ergashev had nine professional fights, all of which ended in stoppages, in Russia and then signed for Salita Promotions and subsequently moved to the USA. He had two successful fights against Marquis Hawthorne and Sonny Fredrickson where, he won both fights via technical knockout.
On 28 April 2018, Ergashev fought Zhimin Wang for the vacant WBC International super-lightweight title. Ergashev won the bout at the Barclays Center in New York City via unanimous decision.
On 25 November 2023 at Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada, Ergashev challenged Subriel Matías for the IBF super-lightweight title. He lost the fight via sixth round RTD.
On 28 March 2024 at Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit, Ergashev was scheduled to face Juan Huertas. He won by first round knockout.
Ergashev lost by split decision to Julian Smith at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on 27 July 2024.
He got back to winning ways in his next fight, knocking Junju Power to the canvas three times before the bout was stopped in the first round at Samo Arena in Fergana on 15 February 2025.
On 4 January 2026, Ergashev knocked out Gurpreet Singh in the first round of their scheduled 10-round contest at Family Park Arena in Samarqand.
He is due to face Batyrzhan Jukembayev at Humo Arena in Tashkent on 9 May 2026.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponent TypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Win26–2 Gurpreet SinghKO1 (10), 4 Jan 2026 27Win25–2 Junju PowerTKO1 (12), 15 Feb 2025 26Loss24–2 Julian Smith10 27 Jul 2024 25Win24–1 Juan HuertasKO1 (10), 28 Mar 2024 24Loss23–1 Subriel MatíasRTD5 (12), 25 Nov 2023 23Win23–0 Angel Martinez HernandezTKO5 (10), 10 Aug 2022 22Win22–0 Luis Alberto VeronUD826 May 2022 21Win21–0 Aekkawee KaewmaneeKO2 (10), 11 Dec 2021 20Win20–0 Salimu JengoTKO1 (10), 11 Jun 2021 19Win19–0 Dzmitry MiliushaRTD2 (10), 16 Nov 2020 18Win18–0 Adrian EstrellaKO1 (10), 17 Jan 2020 17Win17–0 Abdiel RamirezTKO4 (10), 23 Aug 2019 16Win16–0 Mykal FoxUD1015 Feb 2019 15Win15–0 Nazareno Gaston RuizKO1 (10), 14 Dec 2018 14Win14–0 Zack RamseyKO1 (6), 10 Nov 2018 13Win13–0 Juma Waswa4 (10), 19 Aug 2018 12Win12–0 Zhimin Wang1028 Apr 2018 11Win11–0 Sonny FredricksonTKO3 (8), 12 Jan 2018 10Win10–0 Marquis HawthorneTKO2 (6), 11 Nov 2017 9Win9–0 Sunatollo Rakhmatulloev TKO1 (6), 10 Jun 2017 8Win8–0 Hamza SempewoTKO1 (10), 25 Mar 2017 7Win7–0 Ruben MovsesyanTKO1 (8), 15 Feb 2017 6Win6–0 Marat KhuzeevTKO1 (6), 26 Aug 2016 5Win5–0 Dmitriy AntipovTKO1 (8), 24 Jun 2016 4Win4–0 Alisher AshurovKO2 (8), 1 Jun 2016 3Win3–0 Elmin SafarliKO6 (6), 26 Feb 2016 2Win2–0 Magomed Aldaganov1 (4), 30 Jan 2016 1Win1–0 Arzu Aliev1 (4), 23 Dec 2015
References
External links
Shohjahon Ergashev @ Salita Promotions