On October 4, 2024, Janibek Alimkhanuly (15-0, 10 KOs), the middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against New Zealander challenger, Andrei Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KOs).
Janibek Alimkhanuly is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Vincenzo Gualtieri, 11 months and 20 days ago. Andrei Mikhailovich is on a 21-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Les Sherrington, 5 months and 10 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Janibek Alimkhanuly at 99-1 winning odds. Andrei Mikhailovich really doesn't have much to present against Alimkhanuly.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Andrei Mikhailovich via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF middleweight title. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 16-0 (11 KOs), while Mikhailovich adds a loss to his record at 21-1.