Alimkhanuly vs Falcao

When is Alimkhanuly vs Falcao?

Janibek Alimkhanuly could square off against Esquiva Falcao in Summer 2025 the United States.

The fight would take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which means the weight limit would be 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 kg).

The contest would be for the WBO middleweight championship of the world.

Alimkhanuly would be making his 5th defense of the WBO World Middleweight Championship. He was promoted from a secondary belt in August 2022. He has held this belt for a total of 969 days (2 years, 7 months and 26 days).

He would be making his 3rd defense of the IBF World Middleweight Championship. He won this belt against Vincenzo Gualtieri in October 2023. He has held this title for 1 year, 6 months and 11 days.

Alimkhanuly vs Falcao stats

Janibek Alimkhanuly would step into the ring with an undefeated record of 17 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Esquiva Falcao would make his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 20 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggest Alimkhanuly would have a slight advantage in power over Falcao, with a 71% knockout percentage compared to Falcao's 67%.

Janibek Alimkhanuly is the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Alimkhanuly has a height advantage of 2 inches over Falcao. Despite this, both fighters have equal reach.

Both Janibek Alimkhanuly and Esquiva Falcao fight out of a southpaw stance.

Alimkhanuly is currently the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 8 months later than Falcao, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He has fought 62 fewer professional rounds, totaling 101 compared to Falcao's 163.

Janibek Alimkhanuly goes into the fight ranked number 1 by The Ring at middleweight.

Alimkhanuly vs Falcao form

Alimkhanuly remains undefeated as a professional, stopping 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Anauel Ngamissengue on April 5, 2025, by technical knockout in the 5th round in their IBF World Middleweight and WBO World Middleweight championship fight at Barys Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan.

Prior to that, he had won against Andrei Mikhailovich on October 4, 2024, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at The Star, Sydney, Pyrmont, Australia.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Vincenzo Gualtieri on October 14, 2023, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their IBF World Middleweight and WBO World Middleweight championship fight at Fort Bend Community Center, Rosenberg, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Steven Butler on May 13, 2023, by knockout in the 2nd round in their WBO World Middleweight championship fight at Stockton Arena, Stockton.

He had won against Denzel Bentley on November 12, 2022, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Middleweight championship fight at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas.

Falcao has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight, he lost to Vincenzo Gualtieri on July 1, 2023, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Middleweight championship fight at Unihalle Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany.

Prior to that, he had defeated Patrice Volny on November 20, 2021, by technical decision in their 6 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Nevada, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Artur Akavov on February 20, 2021, by technical knockout in the 4th round at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada.

Before that, he had won against Morrama Dheisw de Araujo Santos on August 29, 2020, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Arena de Lutas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He had beaten Jorge Daniel Miranda on February 29, 2020, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Arena de Lutas, Sao Paulo.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Janibek Alimkhanuly has been fighting more than Esquiva Falcao.

Janibek Alimkhanuly last fought 3 months and 16 days ago, while Esquiva Falcao's last outing was 2 years and 20 days ago.

Alimkhanuly's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 9 days, which means he has been fighting approximately every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

Falcao's last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 22 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

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