On May 13, 2023, the 30-year-old WBO middleweight world champion, Janibek Alimkhanuly (13-0, 8 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Canadian boxer Steven Butler (32-3-1, 26 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day. Butler was on a 4-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly made very easy work of Steven Butler, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 14-0 (9 KOs), while Butler adds a loss to his record at 32-4-1.
On October 14, 2023, the 30-year-old WBO middleweight champion, Janibek Alimkhanuly (14-0, 9 KOs), and the 30-year-old IBF middleweight champion Vincenzo Gualtieri (21-0-1, 7 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. Gualtieri was on a 6-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Vincenzo Gualtieri via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBO and IBF middleweight titles. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 15-0 (10 KOs), while Gualtieri adds a loss to his record at 21-1-1.
On May 21, 2022, a 29-year-old Janibek Alimkhanuly (11-0, 7 KOs) and a 30-year-old English boxer Danny Dignum (14-0-1, 8 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day. Dignum was on a 1-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 10 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Danny Dignum via KO in the 2nd round. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 12-0 (8 KOs), while Dignum adds a loss to his record at 14-1-1.
On November 12, 2022, the 29-year-old WBO middleweight world champion, Janibek Alimkhanuly (12-0, 8 KOs), faced a 27-year-old English boxer Denzel Bentley (17-1-1, 14 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 22 days. Bentley was on a 3-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 27 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly defeated Denzel Bentley via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO middleweight title — in his first world-title fight. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 13-0, while Bentley adds a loss to his record at 17-2-1.
On October 9, 2020, a 27-year-old Janibek Alimkhanuly (8-0, 4 KOs) and a 23-year-old Argentinian boxer Gonzalo Coria (16-3, 6 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months. Coria was on a 1-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 3 months, and 11 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Gonzalo Coria via KO in the 2nd round. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 9-0 (5 KOs), while Coria adds a loss to his record at 16-4.
On June 26, 2021, a 28-year-old Janibek Alimkhanuly (9-0, 5 KOs) and a 30-year-old American boxer Rob Brant (26-2, 18 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 17 days. Brant was on a 1-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 4 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Rob Brant via RTD in the 8th round. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 10-0 (6 KOs), while Brant adds a loss to his record at 26-3.
On November 20, 2021, a 28-year-old Janibek Alimkhanuly (10-0, 6 KOs) and a 37-year-old Cameroonian boxer Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (38-5, 21 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days. N'Jikam was on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam via TKO in the 8th round. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 11-0 (7 KOs), while N'Jikam adds a loss to his record at 38-6.
On August 17, 2019, a 26-year-old Janibek Alimkhanuly (6-0, 2 KOs) and Stuart McLellan met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 5 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Stuart McLellan via KO in the 5th round. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 7-0 (3 KOs)
On November 9, 2019, a 26-year-old Janibek Alimkhanuly (7-0, 3 KOs) and Albert Onolunose met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Albert Onolunose via KO in the 6th round. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 8-0 (4 KOs)
On April 12, 2019, a 26-year-old Janibek Alimkhanuly (5-0, 2 KOs) and Cristian Olivas met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Alimkhanuly came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 10 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly defeated Cristian Olivas via unanimous decision in the 10-round middleweight fight. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 6-0