Raymond Muratalla steps up in the later rounds to retain the IBF lightweight title over Andy Cruz

The first Matchroom Boxing card of 2026 took place Saturday night from the Bleau Live Arena in Las Vegas, exclusively on DAZN .

One of the best fights to be made in boxing headlined the event as Raymond Muratalla looked to defend the IBF lightweight championship against two-time Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz.

The fight lived up to the billing as Muratalla and Cruz went back and forth for 12 exciting rounds. But Muratalla came on strong in the championship rounds and that was enough to win by majority decision (114-114, 118-110, 116-112) to hold onto the belt. DAZN News had the fight scored a draw at 114-114. 

The name of the game for Muratalla (24-0, 17 KOs) was constant pressure and not letting Cruz get settled in so he could use his footwork and power jab. Being relentless paid off in the final two rounds as Cruz (6-1, 3 KOs) had no answer and couldn't land anything of substance to keep Muratalla off of him to suffer the first loss of his professional career.

You could find out what happened at Muratalla vs. Cruz below.

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