Janibek Alimkhanuly made harder work than necessary of mandatory challenger Andrei Mikhailovich. Alimkhanuly was defending his IBF world middleweight title down under against mandatory

Unified middleweight king Janibek Alimkhanuly will defend his IBF title against loquacious New Zealander Andrei Mikhailovich at The Star in Sydney, Australia, on October 4. The 12-round bout, plus undercard action,

Janibek Alimkhanuly retained his IBF middleweight title by stopping Andrei Mikhailovich in nine rounds, but questions regarding his future at 160lbs will persist

Janibek Alimkhanuly retained his IBF and WBO middleweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Andrei Mikhailovich at The Star in Sydney, Australia on Friday night, but the victory came with a lesson. Don’t play with your food.

Janibek Alimkhanuly (16-0, 11 KOs) put on a beating in order to defeat Andrei Mikhailovich (21-1, 13 KOs) via ninth round technical knockout. The time of stoppage was 2:45.

Janibek Alimkhanuly scored a ninth round stoppage win over a game but overmatched Andrei Mikhailovich today in Australia, retaining his IBF and WBO middleweight titles. The fight was never all that competitive,

In a stunning fight day development, the WBO has ordered middleweight world champion Janibek Alimkhanuly to defend the sanctioning body’s 160-pound title against New Zealand’s Andrei Mikhailovich.