David Morrell vs Imam Khataev: Fight date, venue, ring walk time, undercard, tale of the tape & how to watch

Everything you need to know as former two-weight world champion David Morrell takes on 2020 Olympic bronze medalist Imam Khataev at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York, in the early hours of Sunday 13th July, 2025.

David Morrell vs Imam Khataev - All You Need To Know

Date:	Sunday, July 13, 2025
Headline Fight:	David Morrell vs Imam Khataev
Approx Ring Walk Time:	02:00am
Weight Class:	Light heavyweight
Titles:	Will not feature any titles
Referee:	TBC
Promoters:	Ring Magazine 3 (Turki Alalshikh)
Venue:	Louis Armstrong Stadium
TV Channel:	DAZN
Headline Fight:	Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda

Fight Date

David Morrell vs Imam Khataev will take place on Saturday, 12th July, 2025. However, given the fight is taking place in the United States, the actual start time will be in the early hours of Sunday, 13th July, 2025 for fight fans in the UK.

The fight is part of the New York card which features bouts between Edgar Berlanga vs Hamzah Sheeraz and Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda.

Ring Walks & Fight Time

David Morrell vs Imam Khataev is expected to get underway at around 02:00 (BST), although this is subject to the length of the undercard fights.

Venue

David Morrell vs Imam Khataev will take place at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York and the contest is part of a stacked card.

The venue is a 14,000-seat tennis stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, which has played host to the US Open. 

The arena boasts a retractable roof and was opened for the 2018 US Open as a replacement for the 1978 stadium of the same name.

How to Watch

David Morrell vs Imam Khataev will be broadcast live on DAZN pay-per-view and the bout will be available to UK customers on a variety of platforms. 

What titles are on the line?

David Morrell is a former two-weight world champion, having held the WBA light-heavyweight title as well as the WBA super-middleweight strap. 

Morrell lost his WBA light-heavyweight belt in defeat to David Benavidez last time out, while Imam Khataev has yet to challenge at the top level of the sport.

No titles will be on the line in this 175lbs contest. 

Tale of the Tape

	David Morrell	Imam Khataev
Record:	11-1 (9 KOs)	10-0 (9 KOs)
Age:	27	30
Birthplace:	Santa Clara, Cuba	Urus-Martan, Russia
Height:	6′ 1″ / 185 cm	5’ 11” / 180 cm
Reach:	77" / 196 cm	71" / 180 cm
Stance:	Southpaw	Orthodox
Titles:	No titles held	No titles held
Last Fight:	Lost UD v David Benavidez - Feb 2025	Won UD v Durval Elias Palacio - Mar 2025
KO%:	81.82%	90%
Alias:	OD	The Destroyer

Full Fight Card

David Morrell vs Imam Khataev is the chief-support fight to the bill's co-main events between Edgar Berlanga vs Hamzah Sheeraz and Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda.

A number of additional high-profile fights have been confirmed, including:

Edgar Berlanga vs Hamzah Sheeraz
Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda
David Morrell vs Imam Khataev
Alberto Puello vs Subriel Matias