Janibek Alimkhanuly will defend the IBF middleweight world title in opposition to unbeaten challenger Andrei Mikhailovich stay on Sky Sports activities on October 4.
The world championship conflict shall be broadcast stay on Sky Sports activities+ beginning at 10am on Friday October 4.
The bout was beforehand attributable to headline a July 13 present at Palms On line casino in Las Vegas however was cancelled previous to the pre-fight weigh-in when Janibek was hospitalized attributable to dehydration.
No Restrict Boxing gained the following IBF purse bid and elected to stage the combat in Australia.
“In the Olympic Games in Sydney, two Kazakh boxers won gold. Bekzat Sattarhanov and Yermakhan Ibraimov inspired many Kazakhs,” Janibek mentioned.
“I grew up with a dream to glorify my nation like them. I’m very completely happy that I’ll field in Sydney. I need to present the world my flag in Sydney as soon as once more, as our Olympic champions did in 2000.
“The fight with Andrei is very important to me because he is an official contender for my title. He is like a cloud for me now. I must quickly get rid of the cloud to see the sun. Everyone knows and understands that he is easy work for me. I will knock him out very quickly!”
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Janibek Alimkhanuly punished Vincenzo Gualtieri earlier than blasting a stoppage within the sixth spherical to unify the IBF and WBO middleweight titles
Janibek, a 2016 Olympian from Kazakhstan, quickly ascended the middleweight division with key wins over Rob Brant and Hassan N’Dam. In Might 2022, he knocked out Danny Dignum to safe the WBO Interim title and was elevated to full champion after Demetrius Andrade vacated the belt. In October 2023, he unified the middleweight titles with a victory over IBF champion Vincenzo Gualtieri, establishing himself because the dominant power within the division.
Mikhailovich, 21-0 (13), born in Saint Petersburg and raised in New Zealand, started boxing at 15 and turned skilled in April 2018. He gained his first regional title with a third-round TKO in opposition to Ernesto España in June 2022 and adopted up with a choice win over Francis Waitai the following month. In April 2023, he delivered his most notable efficiency by recovering from an early knockdown to cease the beforehand unbeaten Edisson Saltarin in 5 rounds. He continued his spectacular run with a first-round TKO victory over Les Sherrington a 12 months later.
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Unified world champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly has devastating punch energy much like Gennadiy Golovkin and defends his titles this weekend stay on Sky Sports activities
He mentioned: “I live in the present, but I certainly haven’t forgotten the past. I respect him as the champion, but I know that he doesn’t respect me. It’s why I look forward to taking absolutely everything from him.
“I shall be writing my title into the historical past books alongside Joseph Parker and Maselino Masoe as a world champion. That is my future, it is my every little thing.
“I will stop at nothing to make sure the world remembers the name Andrei Mikhailovich.”
Watch Janibek vs Mikhailovich stay on Sky Sports activities+ from 10am on Friday October 4
