After withdrawing from their earlier date on account of a last-minute weight reduce catastrophe, Janibek Alimkhanuly is as soon as once more set to battle IBF obligatory Andrei Mikhailovich on October 4th in Sydney, Australia.
No Restrict Boxing narrowly outbid Prime Rank for management of the battle earlier this month, nevertheless it doesn’t seem that there are any onerous emotions, as ESPN+ will carry the present stateside.
Alimkhanuly (15-0, 10 KO) fights for the primary time since pummeling Vincenzo Gualtieri for the IBF belt final October. That victory marked his third protection of the WBO title, however oddly sufficient, that belt gained’t be on the road regardless of Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KO) sitting at no. 5 of their rankings. If there’s a proof on the market, I haven’t discovered it.
It’s not the massive battle Alimkhanuly has clamored for for years, however that might change quickly. Even when unifications with Carlos Adames and Erislandy Lara stay elusive, Hamzah Sheeraz sits atop the rankings and will very nicely get the decision if he smashes Tyler Denny this weekend.
“Within the Olympic Video games in Sydney, two Kazakh boxers gained gold. Bekzat Sattarhanov and Yermakhan Ibraimov impressed many Kazakhs,” Alimkhanuly mentioned. “I grew up with a dream to glorify my nation like them. I’m very joyful that I’ll field in Sydney. I wish to present the world my flag in Sydney as soon as once more, as our Olympic champions did in 2000.”
The battle with Andrei is essential to me as a result of he’s an official contender for my title. He is sort of a cloud for me now. I have to rapidly do away with the cloud to see the solar. Everybody is aware of and understands that he’s straightforward work for me. I’ll knock him out in a short time!”
“I stay within the current, however I actually haven’t forgotten the previous,” Mikhailovich mentioned. “I respect him because the champion, however I do know that he doesn’t respect me. It’s why I sit up for taking completely the whole lot from him.”
“I will probably be writing my title into the historical past books alongside Joseph Parker and Maselino Masoe as a world champion. That is my future, it’s my the whole lot. I’ll cease at nothing to verify the world remembers the title Andrei Mikhailovich.”
