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Janibek Alimkhanuly (also spelled as Zhanibek Alimkhanuly,[2] born 1 April 1993) is a Kazakhstani professional boxer who has held the WBO middleweight title since August 2022. As an amateur he won gold medals at the 2013 World Championships, 2013 Asian Championships and 2014 Asian Games. He also represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division, losing in the quarter-finals.[3]

Janibek Alimkhanuly
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Qazaq Style
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Height	5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (182 cm)
Reach	71+1⁄2 in (182 cm)
Born	(1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 29) Almaty, Kazakhstan
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	12
Wins	12
Wins by KO	8
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Kazakhstan World Championships 2013 Almaty Middleweight Asian Championships 2013 Amman Middleweight Asian Games 2014 Incheon Middleweight

Early life

Alimkhanuly began boxing at the age of six because of his father and grandfather's love of the sport. His first fight was at six and he lost that match.[4]

Professional career

Early career

Alimkhanuly made his professional debut against Milton Núñez, a former opponent of Alimkhanuly's fellow countryman Gennady Golovkin,[5] on 29 October 2016 in his home city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. He won the bout via first-round technical knockout.[6]

Ahead of his fight with Issah Samir on 21 March 2020, the world was struck with COVID-19. Alimkhanuly's fight was canceled but he said it's not a big deal that his bout was canceled and that there were more pressing concerns. "We just lost the fight date, someone lost the family. It’s not easy. We will fight when everything calms down but nobody will not return them to their family. I wish all patients a quick recovery.”[7]

In his toughest test yet, Alimkhanuly faced former WBA (Regular) champion Rob Brant as the co-featured bout to Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Masayoshi Nakatani on 26 June 2021 in Paradise, Nevada.[8] He knocked Brant down in the sixth round en route to an eighth-round corner retirement victory.[9]

Alimkhanuly faced the former two-time world middleweight champion Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam on 20 November 2021, on the Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter undercard.[10] He won the fight by an eight-round technical knockout. Alimkhanuly was ahead on the scorecards at the time of the stoppage (with scores of 70–62, 70–62 and 70–61) and had knocked N'Jikam down in the third round.[11]

WBO middleweight champion

Alimkhanuly vs. Dignum

On 30 November 2021, the WBO ordered their middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade to make a mandatory title defense against Alimkhanuly.[12] Six months later, on 21 March 2022, the sanctioning body allowed Andrade to move up in weight and face Zach Parker for the interim super middleweight title instead, while allowing him to keep the middleweight championship as well.[13] Andrade later withdrew from the fight, as he suffered a right shoulder injury during training camp.[14] As such, Alimkhanuly faced the undefeated Danny Dignum for the vacant WBO interim middleweight title on 21 May 2022, in the main event of an ESPN broadcast card, which took place at the Resorts World Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[15] He made quick work of his opponent, stopping Dignum with an uppercut near the end of the second round. Alimkhanuly landed 21 of 33 power punches and 34 of 94 overall, while Dignum managed to land only 6 out of 45 total punches.[16]

On 20 July 2022, the WBO once again ordered their Demetrius Andrade to defend his title against Alimkhanuly, giving the pair 30 days to come to terms.[17] Andrade officially vacated his middleweight title on 30 August. Alimkhanuly was promoted to the WBO Champion that same day.[18]

Alimkhanuly vs. Bentley

Alimkhanuly is scheduled to make a voluntary title defense against the #14 ranked WBO middleweight contender Denzel Bentley. The title bout will headline an ESPN+ broadcast card, which will take place at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 12, 2022.[19][20]

Personal life

Alimkhanuly is an avid reader. He enjoys books on nutrition. He is also learning the English language.[21]

Professional boxing record

12 fights	12 wins	0 losses
By knockout	8	0
By decision	4	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
13	—	—	Denzel Bentley	—	– (12)	Nov 12, 2022	Las Vegas, Nevada, US	Defending WBO middleweight title
12	Win	12–0	Danny Dignum	KO	2 (12), 2:49	May 21, 2022	Resorts World Event Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, US	Won vacant WBO interim middleweight title
11	Win	11–0	Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	TKO	8 (10), 2:40	Nov 20, 2021	Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, Nevada, US	Retained WBC Continental Americas and WBO Global middleweight titles
10	Win	10–0	Rob Brant	RTD	8 (10), 3:00	26 Jun 2021	Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, US	Retained WBC Continental Americas middleweight title
9	Win	9–0	Gonzalo Coria	KO	2 (10), 2:59	9 Oct 2020	MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, US	Retained WBO Global middleweight title
8	Win	8–0	Albert Onolunose	KO	6 (10), 2:31	9 Nov 2019	Chukchansi Park, Fresno, California, US	Retained WBC Continental Americas middleweight title
7	Win	7–0	Stuart McLellan	KO	5 (10), 2:51	17 Aug 2019	Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, California, US	Retained WBC Continental Americas and WBO Global middleweight titles
6	Win	6–0	Cristian Olivas	UD	10	12 Apr 2019	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, US	Won vacant WBC Continental Americas and WBO Global middleweight titles
5	Win	5–0	Steven Martinez	TKO	5 (8), 0:21	2 Feb 2019	The Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas, US
4	Win	4–0	Vaughn Alexander	SD	8	3 Nov 2018	Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, US
3	Win	3–0	Carlos Galvan	UD	6	28 Sep 2018	Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, US
2	Win	2–0	Gilberto dos Santos	UD	6	9 Sep 2017	Saryarka Velodrome, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
1	Win	1–0	Milton Núñez	TKO	1 (6), 2:25	29 Oct 2016	Almaty Arena, Almaty, Kazakhstan

See also

• List of world middleweight boxing champions

References

External links

• Boxing record for Janibek Alimkhanuly from BoxRec (registration required)
• Zhanibek Alimkhanuly at AIBA.org (archived)
• Zhanibek Alimkhanuly at the International Olympic Committee
• Zhanibek Alimkhanuly at Olympics.com
• Zhanibek Alimkhanuly at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Sporting positions
World boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Avtandil Khurtsidze	WBO middleweight champion Interim title May 21, 2022 – August 26, 2022 Promoted	Vacant
Preceded by Demetrius Andrade vacated	WBO middleweight champion August 26, 2022 – present	Incumbent

На других языках

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- [en] Janibek Alimkhanuly

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[ru] Алимханулы, Жанибек

Жанибек Алимханулы (каз. Жәнібек Әлімханұлы; 1 апреля 1993 года, с. Жыланды, Казахстан) — непобеждённый казахстанский боксер-профессионал, выступающий в средней весовой категории. Заслуженный мастер спорта Республики Казахстан, участник Олимпийских игр (2016), чемпион мира (2013), чемпион Азиатских игр (2014) и чемпион Азии (2013) в любителях. В профессионалах действующий чемпион мира по версии WBO (2022—н. в.)

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