IBF and WBO World Middleweight Champion Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped the IBF Pan Pacific title and WBO Global Champion ‘King’ Andrei Mikhailovich in the ninth round in a fight on Friday night at The Star, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
A fight took place in July in Las Vegas when Alimkhanuly missed the day of the fight due to making weight.
Aimkhanuly (15-0, 10 KOs) IBF middleweight champion 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 midway through the round with a left on the chin. Mikhailovich landed a solid right on the chin of Aimkhanuly at the bell.
In the second round, after a minute with Mikahilovich doing a lot of holding from the fists of Aimkhanuly he landed behind the head and was warned by the referee Katsuhiko Nakamura.
Aimkhanuly shook Mikhailovich, bringing him to 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 well, but was offside at the bell. In the fourth round, Aimkhanuly met the tough Mikhailovich throughout, keeping the fight only on the bodies.
In the fifth round, Mikahilovich kept him inside, not allowing Aimkhanuly to break free with his knockout power for half the round. In the last round, Aimkhanuly had Mikhailovich on the defense.
Aimkhanuly drew blood from Mikahilovich’s nose in the first minute of the sixth. It was Aimkhanuly who had 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 could have affected Aimkhanuly, as Mikahliovich fought well.
In the eighth round, Aimkhanuly drew blood from Mikhailovich’s mouth in the first minute. Mikhailovich was warned several times by referee Nakamura for using his head. In the last seconds, a left uppercut from Aimkhanuly injured Mikahliovich.
Aimkhanuly had Mikhailovich almost defenseless, bleeding from the nose and mouth, in the ninth round. Aimkhanuly slammed Mikhailovich into the ropes and nearly went down when referee Nakamura wisely called a stoppage.
IBO Featherweight Champion 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, 41-year-old former Commonwealth champion O’Connell, a late underdog, held her own in a solid round from her and Motu until a head-to-head clash midway through the round, with O ‘Connell who suffered a bad cut on the right side of his head, causing the ring doctor to come in and check.
In the second round, O’Connell, with blood running down his face, fought well until the last seconds when he was caught by a combination of Motu.
In the third round of action, the blood did not flow, but at the end, a lump the size of an egg appeared on the forehead of O’Connell.
In the fourth round, both were throwing punches midway through the round when the towel was thrown when O’Connell was rocked by a flurry of Motu, causing referee Andrew Lazich to call a stoppage.
O’Connell was a true warrior in defeat and was scheduled to fight for the WIBF World Super Bantam title in Germany, taking the fight in short order. Motu showed his respect by hugging O’Connell after the arrest.
Lightweight Charlie Kazzi (7-0, 3 KOs) knocked out featherweight Lui Magavia (4-7 (1 KO) at 1:18 of the seventh round of an eight-rounder in an action-packed title fight vacant WBC Australasia Silver.
It was all action, with the taller Kazzi going to the body, ending the round with a solid right on the chin of Magavia. Kazzi caught 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. Kazzi caught Magavia with a solid right to the chin in the last thirty seconds.
In the last twenty seconds of the fifth round, Kazzi rocked Magavia, who was taking several punches to the head. In the seventh round, Kazzi landed a flurry of punches, prompting referee Soulis to call a stoppage, perhaps prematurely, much to Magavia’s chagrin.
Lightweight Amed Reda (3-0, 3 KOs) defeated super featherweight Joe Kara (5-7-1, 5 KOs) by a second-round KO in a scheduled six rounds.
