On October 21, 2017, the 33-year-old WBA (Undisputed) bantamweight champion, Zhanat Zhakiyanov (27-1, 18 KOs), and the 25-year-old IBF bantamweight champion Ryan Burnett (17-0, 9 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Zhakiyanov came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 11 days. Burnett was on a 17-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 11 days.
Ryan Burnett defeated Zhanat Zhakiyanov via unanimous decision and unifies the WBA (Undisputed) and IBF bantamweight titles. Burnett improves his record to 18-0, while Zhakiyanov adds a loss to his record at 27-2.
On October 4, 2008, a 24-year-old Zhanat Zhakiyanov (5-0, 2 KOs) and Sakhib Usarov met in the ring.
Zhakiyanov came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 10 days.
Zhanat Zhakiyanov lost to Sakhib Usarov via unanimous decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 5-1.