No Duck here He'll fight him, that's the difference between a duck and a fighter that's planning ahead
I'm surprised Akhmadaliev doesn't seem to have a warm up fight lined up, at least I have not heard of any news of the sort. He'll be out of the ring for 9 months since his last fight and that fight was a full year after the fight before that one. He barely fights all, he's had 2 fights since he lost to Tapales 2 years ago and will only fight once this year if he doesn't fight anyone else other than Inoue. 1 fight a year is terrible for a supposed top fighter.
I read somewhere he's got a fight with Luis Castillo end of this month. He's a 29 years old unranked fighter with a 31-6 record. I mean I know MJ doesn't want to risk a sliver of chance of injury but frankly this guy is worse than even Kim.