Earlier at the moment in Australia, two-belt middleweight champ Janibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan retained each the IBF and the WBO 160-pound belts with a dominant ninth-round stoppage win over a recreation however outgunned Andrei Mikhailovich. The defending southpaw champ just about had issues all his personal means, as he landed loads of harm on the powerful and always aggressive challenger who was born in Russia however now lives in New Zealand.
Alimkhanuly dropped his man in spherical one; this was a heavy knockdown, and it appeared as if it may very well be a brief evening. However the gutsy challenger received up and battled again, making 31-year-old Alimkhanuly work onerous to get his win. What seemed Ike a damaged jaw suffered by Mikhailovich later, in spherical 9, Alimkhanuly scored one other knockdown, and this time, the third man known as a halt to what had been a fun-to-watch however largely one-sided affair.
It was 2:45 in spherical 9, and Alimkhanuly is now (16-0, 11 KOs). 26-year-old Mikhailovich, who tried his greatest, is now (21-1, 13 KOs).
At the moment in Sydney, Alimkhanuly confirmed once more that he simply could be the very best middleweight on the market proper now, this considering the truth that the 160 pound division is in no way what may very well be known as sturdy, and at the moment’s Alimkhanuly foe was out of his depth if gamer than many.
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see who Alimkhanuly is matched inside his subsequent combat and when. Possibly Alimkhanuly can and can make a transfer up a weight class to 168 and problem Canelo Alvarez. That, for certain, can be some combat to see down the street.
Nonetheless, Alimkhanuly, who had been out of the ring for a 12 months previous to at the moment’s combat, appears much more inquisitive about sticking round at middleweight in the intervening time, with him desirous to unify the titles on the weight.
“There are two belts lacking,” a victorious Alimkhanuly mentioned within the ring at the moment, referring to the WBA and WBC middleweight belts. “Ship me the contract; I’ll signal it anytime. Both of them.”
However will both Erislandy Lara or Carlos Adames need any a part of Alimkhanuly and his mix of talent and energy?
