On May 13, 2023, Janibek Alimkhanuly (13-0, 8 KOs), the middleweight WBO champion, defends his title against Canadian challenger, Steven Butler (32-3-1, 26 KOs).
Janibek Alimkhanuly is coming in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Denzel Bentley, 6 months and 1 day ago. Steven Butler is on a 4-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Joshua Conley, 4 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Janibek Alimkhanuly at 99-1 winning odds. Steven Butler really doesn't have much to present against Alimkhanuly.
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.