Tonight, Janibek Alimkhanuly will face Steven Butler to defend his WBO middleweight title. However, Janibek once again issued a severe warning to Jermall Charlo prior to his fight against Butler.
Tonight at the Great Wolf Lodge in Manteca, California, a world title bout between the Qazaq Style (13-0, 8 KO) and Steven (32-3-1, 26 KO) will be main attraction. Boxing247 reports that the boxing extravaganza will be live at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+.
QAZAQ STYLE pic.twitter.com/gXDorntCho
— Janibek Alimkhanuly (@qazaqstyle) May 13, 2023
What did Janibek Alimkhanuly say about his potential fight against Jermell Charlo?
The “Qazaq Style” won the WBO middleweight championship in November by defeating Denzel Bentley. However, the Kazakhstani fighter opted to challenge WBC 160-pound champion Jermall Charlo right away by saying, “I’d have no issue fighting Jermall Charlo for his WBC title.”
With big titles come great challenges in a combat sport like boxing. Janibek has been eager to compete against stronger opponents. As Jermall is the current undisputed light middleweight world champion. Hence, Janibek believes that the American boxer should accept his challenge and compete against him.
“We are both champions. Charlo would be easy work for me. Champions should fight other champions. It’s too bad the other so-called ‘champions’ do not feel that way.” said Janibek.
I am a world champion in amateur and professional boxing. If I said I will beat someone, I will beat him. I can easily beat any world champion. I am the nightmare of champions. I am the most avoided boxer in the world. pic.twitter.com/INX6sKFech
— Janibek Alimkhanuly (@qazaqstyle) May 11, 2023
However, it appears that Jermall Charlo isn’t showing any interest in accepting fight offers from other top boxers, including the one from the Kazakh boxer.
As the 32-year-old boxer from Texas is less longer interested in taking on opponents who have even a remote chance of defeating him as his attention is more focused on money fights these days. However, Charlo currently doesn’t have a scheduled fight.
Janibek Alimkhanuly calls out Jermall Charlo for unification fight at 160 https://t.co/Ncgyik3Biq pic.twitter.com/ut9E9yhw9V
— Boxing Bubble (@BoxingBubble) August 31, 2022
Do you believe Jermall Charlo, who has only participated in two boxing bouts over the past three years, will accept Janibek Alimkhanuly’s fight offer? Comment below and let us know what you think.
