● Boxing · Super Middleweight
🇰🇿 Janibek Alimkhanuly
“Qazaq Style”
The short answer
Janibek Alimkhanuly is an unbeaten Kazakh boxer, 17-0 with 12 knockouts. A former unified middleweight champion, he was stripped of the IBF title after a meldonium doping violation and later vacated the WBO middleweight title to move up to super middleweight. As of September 2026 he is negotiating a fight with Jacob Bank for the vacant WBO super middleweight title, after Hamzah Sheeraz relinquished it rather than face him.
17-0
Record
100%
Win rate
71%
KO rate
182 cm
Height
182 cm
Reach
33
Age
Southpaw
Stance
Super Middleweight
Division
Notable wins
- def. Vincenzo GualtieriTKO6 (won IBF title) · October 2023
FAQ
What is Janibek Alimkhanuly's record?+
17-0 with 12 knockouts, unbeaten as a professional.
Was Janibek Alimkhanuly stripped of a title?+
Yes — the IBF stripped his middleweight title after a positive test for meldonium; he separately vacated the WBO middleweight title in 2026 to move up in weight.
Who is Janibek Alimkhanuly fighting next?+
As of September 2026, he is in negotiations with Jacob Bank for the vacant WBO super middleweight title.
Record and stance per Wikipedia; 2026 title status per BoxingScene and Yardbarker reporting, checked September 2026.