Boxing Live: The WBO middleweight championship is still held by Janibek Alimkhanuly after a convincing victory over Steven Butler in the second round. The Kazakh boxer dubbed himself the “middleweight king” and called out Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Jermall Charlo; Win of the vacant WBO bantamweight belt by Jason Moloney
Janibek Alimkhanuly defeated Steven Butler in just two rounds to retain his WBO middleweight championship. He then challenged the greatest in boxing to take against Alimkhanuly by naming Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo.
With his tenth career knockout, Kazakh fighter Alimkhanuly improved to 14-0. Butler, a Canadian, was down three times in rapid succession thanks to Alimkhanuly’s domination, which was triggered by a potent left uppercut.
following that first punch, Butler was able to stay upright, but he eventually collapsed following a series of more left hands. After Butler struck the ground twice more, referee Jack Reiss declared the bout over.
Butler was brutally outclassed by a fighter who referred to himself as the “middleweight king,” landing only two punches to his opponent’s 25.
“Where are the boxing legends and champions? ESPN was told by Alimkhanuly. I’m holding out. Let’s battle.
“I am the boxer who is most shunned. The middleweight king is me. Let’s start fighting. Who comes after Top Rank?
“I’m coming, Canelo and Charlo. I’m prepared for anyone, anywhere, at any moment.”
In another bout on the card at the Stockton Arena in California, Australian Jason Moloney defeated Filipino Vincent Astrolabio to win the vacant WBO bantamweight championship.
Despite suffering what he thought to be a broken hand in the first quarter of the battle, Moloney won the third time around after losing entire world title fights to Emmanuel Rodriguez in 2018 and Naoya Inoue in 2020.
The 32-year-old claimed: “Every time I tossed it, it hurt. But I was aware that this was my final opportunity to realise my ambition.”
As of this moment, Moloney is 26-2.
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