Zhanat Zhakiyanov (27-2, 18) was born in Blagoveshchenka, Jambyl Region, Kazakh SSR on November 4, 1983. At the age of 23 years on August 3, 2007, he made his professional boxing debut against Nabi Kadirov, winning the fight via 4-round unanimous decision.
On his 28th career fight at 33 years old, Zhakiyanov became a bantamweight world champion on February 10, 2017 after defeating Rau'shee Warren via 12-round split decision to win the WBA (Undisputed) title.
Zhakiyanov's last fight was a bantamweight world-title unification fight against Ryan Burnett on October 21, 2017. He lost the fight via 12th-round unanimous decision and lost the WBA (Undisputed) title. He retired from the sport of boxing following this loss.
Some of Zhanat Zhakiyanov's best fights have been against Karim Guerfi and Gagi Edisherashvili.
Zhakiyanov has 2 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29  | Oct 21, 2017 33 years, 11 months 27-2 (18) | 25 years, 5 months 17-0 (9) | BT | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost WBA (Undisputed) For IBF |
28 | Feb 10, 2017 33 years, 3 months 27-1 (18) | Rau'shee Warren | BT | 12 | SD | WIN Won WBA (Undisputed) |
27 | Nov 7, 2015 32 years 26-1 (18) | Yonfrez Parejo | BT | 12 | SD | WIN Won WBA Interim |
26 | May 9, 2015 31 years, 6 months 25-1 (18) | Héctor Guzmán | BT | 6 | KO | WIN |
25 | Nov 8, 2014 31 years 24-1 (17) | Roberto Lerio | 2 | KO | WIN | |
24 | Sep 10, 2014 30 years, 10 months 23-1 (16) | Gagi Edisherashvili | BT | 1 | KO | WIN |
23  | Apr 26, 2014 30 years, 5 months 22-1 (15) | 27 years, 1 months 20-2 (5) | BT | 5 | KO | WIN |
22 | Jul 16, 2013 29 years, 8 months 21-1 (14) | Yuriy Voronin | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
21 | Jun 28, 2013 29 years, 7 months 20-1 (13) | Michael Escobar | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
20 | Dec 11, 2012 29 years, 1 months 19-1 (12) | Erick Diaz Siregar | 2 | KO | WIN | |
19 | May 25, 2012 28 years, 6 months 18-1 (11) | Timur Shailezov | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
18 | Jan 27, 2012 28 years, 2 months 17-1 (10) | Lookdiew Sithkruluor | BT | 1 | KO | WIN |
17 | Nov 3, 2011 27 years, 11 months 16-1 (9) | Dzmitri Agafonau | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
16 | Aug 19, 2011 27 years, 9 months 15-1 (8) | Anwar Alfadli | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
15 | May 20, 2011 27 years, 6 months 14-1 (7) | Benjamin Pitteloud | BT | 2 | TKO | WIN |
14 | Dec 11, 2010 27 years, 1 months 13-1 (6) | Bahyt Abdurahimov | BT | 10 | UD | WIN |
13 | Aug 27, 2010 26 years, 9 months 12-1 (6) | Petchmuangnon Sor Poonsawat | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
12 | Aug 6, 2010 26 years, 9 months 11-1 (6) | Kong Kiatpracha | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Nov 28, 2009 26 years 10-1 (5) | Khvicha Papiashvili | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
10 | May 30, 2009 25 years, 6 months 9-1 (4) | Boido Simanjuntak | 2 | KO | WIN | |
9 | Apr 17, 2009 25 years, 5 months 8-1 (3) | Alexander Fedorov | 8 | UD | WIN | |
8 | Mar 7, 2009 25 years, 4 months 7-1 (3) | Richard Agagad | 6 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Oct 29, 2008 24 years, 11 months 6-1 (3) | Rustam Abdullaev | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | Oct 4, 2008 24 years, 11 months 5-1 (2) | Sakhib Usarov | 8 | UD | LOSS | |
5 | Jun 24, 2008 24 years, 7 months 5-0 (2) | Bahyt Abdurahimov | 4 | UD | WIN | |
4 | Apr 19, 2009 25 years, 5 months 4-0 (2) | Bekzat Tampiyev | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Feb 15, 2008 24 years, 3 months 3-0 (1) | Bahyt Abdurahimov | 4 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Aug 13, 2007 23 years, 9 months 2-0 (1) | Samat Kulbayev | 3 | RTD | WIN | |
1 | Aug 3, 2007 23 years, 8 months 1-0 (0) | Nabi Kadirov | 4 | UD | WIN |
