Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Andrei Mikhailovich headlines on ESPN+ this Saturday, July thirteenth, with lightweights Raymond Muratalla and Tevin Farmer assembly within the co-main occasion on the Palms On line casino Resort in Las Vegas. Saturday’s occasion begins at 6:50 p.m. ET, stay on ESPN+.
Prime Rank Goals to Elevate Janibek’s Stardom
IBF and WBC middleweight champion Janibek (15-0, 10 KOs) defends his two belts in opposition to the little-known #3 IBF Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KOs) in a twelve-round contest.
Janibek—Mikhailovich is a struggle that arguably could be higher fitted to the co-feature than the headliner as a result of it’s not one that may catch the followers’ imaginations.
It’s comprehensible why it’s within the high spot. Prime Rank needs to show Janibek right into a star, nevertheless it’s tough when his opponents aren’t family names. Bob Arum has his work minimize out for him making an attempt to make a reputation for Janibek with out one of many courageous, bold, fashionable guys stepping as much as face him.
The issue of the 31-year-old Kazakh Janibek is that nobody needs to struggle him. No well-known guys like Chris Eubank Jr. and Jermall Charlo are all for going through the hard-hitting southpaw Janibek.
Furthermore, Terence Crawford has no plans to maneuver as much as 160 to face Janibek for his IBF/WBO titles after his match subsequent month in opposition to Israil Madrimov.
He’ll skip the 160-lb division as a result of the highly effective southpaw Alimkhanuly could be onerous work for him and never somebody he may confuse by turning Southpaw continuously.
Muratalla vs. Farmer: An Attention-grabbing Co-Most important Occasion
The ten-round chief assist struggle between #2 WBC & #2 WBO light-weight contender Raymond Muratalla (20-0, 16 KOs) takes on former IBF 130-lb champion Tevin Farmer (33-5-1, 8 KOs) in a struggle that must be attention-grabbing to look at.
Farmer has a slick model that may make the sharpshooter Muratalla to must work to land his pictures. Nonetheless, it’s unclear how a lot Farmer has left.
After dropping his IBF tremendous featherweight title to Joseph Diaz in 2020, he was out of the game for 3 years. Final yr, Farmer resumed his profession and beat three random fighters.
Farmer turns 34 on July thirtieth, and that’s not younger for a finesse fighter with no energy going up in opposition to a younger puncher like Muratalla. It won’t finish properly for Farmer if he can’t preserve Muratalla off him.
Muratalla’s Ambitions
“I’m prepared for the light-weight champions, however I can’t take Tevin Farmer calmly. He’s a former world champion who needs one other shot,” Muratalla stated.
