Janibek Alimkhanuly
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| Born | 1 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight class | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 71+1⁄2 in (182 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Southpaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Janibek Alimkhanuly (also spelled as Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, born 1 April 1993) is a Kazakh professional boxer and unified middleweight champion who has held the WBO title since 2022, and the IBF title since October 2023. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the 2013 World Championships, 2013 Asian Championships and 2014 Asian Games. He also represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division, losing in the quarter-finals. He won the WBO Interim middleweight title on May 21, 2022, before being elevated to full champion on August 30, 2022, and he then won the IBF title on October 14, 2023.