Janibek Alimkhanuly

Name: Zhanibek Alimkhanuly
Alias: Qazaq Style
Hometown: Oxnard, California, USA
Birthplace: Zhilandy, Kazakhstan
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 182cm
Reach: 182cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainer: James (Buddy) McGirt (2018-present)
Manager: Egis Klimas
Promoter: Top Rank

Amateur Highlights

• 2010 World Youth Championships quarter-finalist in Baku, Azerbaijan (69kg):
  • Defeated Alexandru Vanta (Romania) 13-2
  • Defeated Petru Ciobanu (Moldova) 10-2
  • Defeated Huang Yanhui (China) 12-8
  • Lost to Ahmad Mamadjanov (Uzbekistan) 6-14

• 2013 Asian Championships Gold medalist in Amman, Jordan (75kg):
  • Defeated Shukhrat Abdullayev (Uzbekistan) 2-1
  • Defeated Wen Yinhang (China) TKO 1
  • Defeated Sajad Mehrabi (Iran) 2-1
  • Defeated Navruz Jafoev (Tajikistan)

• 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships Gold medalist in Almaty, Kazakhstan (75kg):
  • Defeated Soltan Migitinov (Azerbaijan) 3-0
  • Defeated Juan Antonio Mercado (Mexico) TKOI 3
  • Defeated Bogdan Juratoni (Romania) 3-0
  • Defeated Anthony Fowler (England) WO
  • Defeated Jason Quigley (Ireland) 3-0

• 2014 Asian Games Gold medalist in Incheon, South Korea (75kg):
  • Defeated Yang Yu Ting (Chinese Taipei) KO 2
  • Defeated Sajad Mehrabi (Iran) 3-0
  • Defeated Vikas Krishan (India) 2-1
  • Defeated Odai Riad Al-Hindawi (Jordan) 3-0

• 2015 Asian Championships quarter-finalist in Bangkok, Thailand (75kg):
  • Defeated Zhou Di (China) 3-0
  • Defeated Bektemir Melikuziev (Uzbekistan) 1-2

• 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships quarter-finalist in Doha, Qatar (75 kg):
  • Defeated Misael Rodriguez (Mexico) 3-0
  • Lost to Michael O'Reilly (Ireland) 1-2

• 2016 Olympics Games quarter-finalist in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (75kg):
  • Defeated Anthony Fowler (United Kingdom) 3-0
  • Defeated Ilyas Abbadi (Algeria) 3-0
  • Lost to Kamran Shakhsuvarly (Azerbaijan) 1-2

World Series of Boxing

• 2015 Season boxing for Astana Arlans (75kg):
  • Defeated Jeffrey Flaz (Puerto Rico) TKO 1
  • Defeated Christian Zarate (Argentina) 3-0

Regional & Minor Titles

• WBO Global middleweight title (April 2019; 1 defence), (Oct 2020; 1 defence)
• WBC Continental Americas middleweight title (April 2019; 4 defences)
• interim WBO World middleweight title (May 2022; 0 defences)

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 5-0-0 (4 KO's) in world championship bouts
• 2-0-0 (2 KO's) against former or current world champions (secondary/regular belts excluded):
  • Won against Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam & Vincenzo Gualtieri

Variant Record

• Defeated 4 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Danny Dignum, Vincenzo Gualtieri, Andrei Mikhailovich & Anauel Ngamissengue

Notes

• On December 2nd, 2025, Janibek Alimkhanuly tested positive for a banned substance and was pulled from his scheduled December 6th unification fight with WBA champion Erislandy Lara.

Preceded by: Demetrius Andrade Vacated	WBO Middleweight Champion Elevated 2022 August 30 – present	Succeeded by: _
Preceded by: Vincenzo Gualtieri	IBF Middleweight Champion 2023 Oct 14 – present	Succeeded by: _