On October 14, 2023, Janibek Alimkhanuly (14-0, 9 KOs), the middleweight WBO champion, and the middleweight IBF champion Vincenzo Gualtieri (21-0-1, 7 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Janibek Alimkhanuly is coming in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Steven Butler, 5 months and 1 day ago. Vincenzo Gualtieri is on a 6-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Esquiva Falcão, 3 months and 13 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Janibek Alimkhanuly at 99-1 winning odds. Vincenzo Gualtieri really doesn't have much to present against Alimkhanuly.
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.