Janibek Alimkhanuly (16-0, 11 KOs) placed on a beating with a view to defeat Andrei Mikhailovich (21-1, 13 KOs) through ninth spherical technical knockout.
The time of stoppage was 2:45. With the victory, Alimkhanuly efficiently defends his IBF middleweight title. He’s additionally the WBO champion, however there’s a complete saga behind it that may be defined with this doc. This was Alimkhanuly’s first time defending the IBF title, having gained it with a stoppage win over Vincenzo Gualtieri final October.
Alimkhanuly and Mikhailovich had been initially going to face one another on July 13 in Las Vegas, NV. Nonetheless, extreme dehydration resulted in Alimkhanuly having to withdraw from the bout.
The 2 middleweights wound up headlining a No Restrict Boxing Promotions card at The Star in Sydney, Australia. Boxing followers in america might catch the motion dwell on ESPN+. These in Australia might accomplish that with Fox Sports activities and Kayo Sports activities. Sky was carrying the motion for these in New Zealand. These in the UK might watch on Sky Sports activities+.
Janibek Alimkhanuly Places a Beating on Andrei Mikhailovich
Combat Recap
Alimkhanuly had success early on along with his left hand at vary, although Mikhailovich was capable of sneak a proper in when he acquired on the within in direction of the tip of spherical one. With roughly a minute to go within the second, the New Zealander took plenty of punches that clearly left him wobbled. Alimkhanuly was capable of rating a knockdown with a left hook simply earlier than the tip of spherical two. Mikhailovich acquired up and was visibly dazed, however was allowed to proceed preventing.
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Following the knockdown, Mikhailovich sought to get on the within of his opponent. He would lean on Alimkhanuly and attempt to tie up. Regardless of taking this strategy, the challenger struggled to land lots of his personal punches. Those who acquired by means of did little to harm the Kazakh, who in flip continued to place a beating on Mikhailovich.
In spherical 9, a left uppercut had Mikhailovich shocked. Alimkhanuly adopted up with one other left uppercut that had his opponent fall again on the ropes. It was at this level that referee Katsuhiko Nakamura waved off the struggle, placing an finish to the beating that Mikhailovich was receiving.
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Publish-fight Interview
Janibek Alimkhanuly
“To start with I needed to thank all my followers right here who supported me,” mentioned Alimkhanuly in Kazakh, which was then translated into Russian, after which his supervisor Egis Klimas translated to English. “So far as the struggle [goes], please remember I haven’t been preventing within the ring for a yr and the final [time we were scheduled to] struggle, it didn’t occur. So it was an excellent expertise for me to return again and shake rust.”
“He [Mikhailovich] is an effective boxer. He has an excellent workforce. Good folks and I need to want him luck.”
“I do have two titles and [another] two titles are lacking. Any of [the champions], Adames or Lara, I’m prepared anytime. No matter. Ship me a paper and I’ll signal it anytime.”
Undercard Outcomes
Mea Motu (20-0, 8 KOs) gained through fourth spherical technical knockout towards Shannon O’Connell (24-8-1, 12 KOs). The time of stoppage for this 125-lb catchweight struggle set for eight rounds was 1:02. O’Connell’s nook threw within the towel after she had been minimize on the best facet of the face and was taking heavy punishment from Motu.
Charlie Kazzi (7-0, 3 KOs) gained through seventh spherical technical knockout towards Lui Magaiva (4-7, 1 KO). The time of stoppage for this eight-round conflict was 1:18. Kazzi weighed in at 134 lbs whereas his opponent was just below 127 lbs.
Ahmed Reda (3-0, 3 KOs) gained through second spherical technical knockout towards Joe Kara (5-7-1, 5 KOs). This was a light-weight bout scheduled for six rounds.
