American sports television giant ESPN included the Kazakh world champion WBO And IBF middleweight Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (16-0, 11 KOs) in thirty-sixth place in the ranking of the hundred best boxers in the world, Sports.kz reports.
“The Kazakh boxer has fought only once in 2024 after an unsuccessful weight cut led to the cancellation of the fight with Mikhailovich. A few months later, Alimkhanuly won by technical knockout in the ninth round in a rescheduled fight in the challenger's homeland of Australia. Alimkhanuly has held the middleweight title for years but has yet to face a notable opponent,” ESPN summarizes.
The rating was expectedly topped by the absolute world champion, Ukrainian Alexander Usik (22-0, 14 KOs),…
