IBF and WBO World Middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped IBF title Pan Pacific and WBO Global champion ‘King’ Andrei Mikhailovich in the ninth round in a war on Friday night at The Star, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
A fight had to take place in July in Las Vegas when Alimkhanuly passed out the day of the fight due to making weight.
IBF middleweight champion Aimkhanuly (15-0, 10 KOs) knocked out Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KOs) at 2:45 of the ninth round in a scheduled 12-round fight.
Aimkhanuly used an effective jab in the first round, rocking Mikhailovich halfway through the round with a left on the chin. Mikhailovich landed a solid right on Aimkhanuly’s chin at the bell.
In the second round, after a minute with Mikahilovich doing much holding from the punches of Aimkhanuly was landed behind the head and warned by referee Katsuhiko Nakamura.
Aimkhanuly rocked Mikhailovich, having him out on his feet. In the final seconds, a left from Aimkhanuly on the chin dropped Mikahilovich for an 8-count from referee Nakamura.
In the third round, Aimkhanuly dominated the game Mikhailovich, who fought back well but was out-gamed to the bell. In the fourth round, Aimkhanuly outlanded the tough Mikhailovich throughout, keeping the fight on guts alone.
In the fifth round, Mikahilovich kept it inside, not allowing Aimkhanuly to get free with his knockout power for half the round. In the final round, Aimkhanuly had Mikhailovich on the defense.
Aimkhanuly drew blood from the nose of Mikahilovich in the first minute of the sixth. It was Aimkhanuly who was having his way, with Mikahilovich coming back and fighting well.
Aimkhanuly landed three or four punches at a time in the seventh. Arriving two days before the fight might have affected Aimkhanuly, as Mikahliovich fought back well.
In the eighth round, Aimkhanuly drew blood from the mouth of Mikhailovich in the first minute. Mikhailovich was warned several times by referee Nakamura for using his head. In the final seconds, a left uppercut from Aimkhanuly hurt Mikahliovich.
Aimkhanuly had Mikhailovich almost defenseless, bleeding from the nose and mouth, in the ninth round. Aimkhanuly knocked Mikhailovich into the ropes and almost down when referee Nakamura wisely called a halt.
IBO Featherweight champ Mea Motu (20-0, 8 KOs) stopped Shannon O’Connell (24-8-1, 12 KOs) at 1:06 of the fourth round of a scheduled 10-round fight.
In the first round, the 41-year-old former Commonwealth champ O’Connell, a late sub, held her own in a solid round by both her and Motu until a clash of heads halfway through the round, with O’Connell suffering a bad gash on the right side of her head, causing the ring physician to come in and check.
In the second round, O’Connell, with blood running down her face, fought back well until the final seconds when rocked by a combination from Motu.
In the third round of action, the blood wasn’t flowing, but at the end, an egg-size lump appeared on O’Connell’s forehead.
In the fourth round, both were throwing punches halfway through the round when the towel was thrown in when O’Connell was rocked by a flurry from Motu, causing referee Andrew Lazich to call a halt.
O’Connell was a true warrior in defeat and had been scheduled to fight for the WIBF World Super Bantam title in Germany, taking the fight on short notice. Motu showed her respect, embracing O’Connell after the stoppage.
Lightweight Charlie Kazzi (7-0, 3 KOs) knocked out featherweight Lui Magavia (4-7 (1 KO) at 1:18 of the seventh round of a scheduled eight rounds in an all-action fight for the vacant WBC Australasia Silver title.
It was all action, with the taller Kazzi going to the body, ending the round with a solid right on Magavia’s chin. Kazzi rocked Magavia with a left hook to the chin in the final seconds.
In the third round, referee Will Soulis warned Kazzi to keep his punches up. Kazzi rocked Magavia with a solid right on the chin in the final thirty seconds.
In the final twenty seconds of the fifth round, Kazzi rocked Magavia, who was taking quite a few punches to the head. In the seventh round, Kazzi landed a flurry of punches, causing Referee Soulis to call a halt, possibly prematurely, to Magavia’s displeasure.
Lightweight Amed Reda (3-0, 3 KO) defeated super featherweight Joe Kara (5-7-1, 5 KO) by a second-round knockout of a scheduled six rounds.
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