The WBO middleweight champion (up to 72.6 kg) Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (12-0, 8 KOs) from Kazakhstan can make his debut defense of the belt against the undefeated Briton Khamza Shiraz (16-0, 12 KOs), according to
International Boxing News.
According to the podcast, champion promoter Bob Arum (Top Rank) offered the fight to Shiraz promoter Frank Warren (queensberry promotions) – plans to fight in November.
Shiraz is not the only contender for a title fight. Earlier, the Brazilian Olympic medalist Esquiva Falcao (30-0, 20 KOs) was very actively proposing his candidacy on social networks. Do not mind fighting with Zhanibek and the former champion of the lower division Briton Liam Smith (32-3-1, 19 KOs). Moreover, yesterday he had a very strange fight: with the help of a phantom-punch, he timed an African.
1st WBA super middleweight (up to 76.2 kg) Kazakhstani Aidos Yerbosynuly (16-0, 11 KOs) through
social networks said that in the next fight he would fight for the title – he would try to take the WBA World belt from the Cuban David Morrel (7-0, 6 KOs).
According to the applicant, the fight will take place at the end of October or at the beginning of November. There is no official confirmation of this information yet.
The challenger has not fought for a long time: he was last seen in the ring in September in Kazakhstan.
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