In a 160-pound middleweight championship match that ended in Sydney, Australia, Beijing time today (October 4), Janibek Alim Hanouli, known as the "left-handed GGG", destroyed his opponent in 9 rounds in a confrontation with all-win challenger Andrei Mikhailovich, and successfully defended the two belts of IBF and WBO.
The battle between Alim Hanouli and Mikhailovich was originally scheduled to be staged in July this year, but Alim Hanouli fell into a coma due to weight loss and dehydration, which made the confrontation cancel, and then Mihailovich's Australia unlimited promotion company won the new right to host the big war, for which Alim Hanouli complained, he complained that the remuneration was too low ($262,000), and he also had to go to Australia to appear.
Before the fight, the outside world predicted that there was a certain suspense in the contest, because Mihajlovic is a forced challenger of the IBF and is ranked 4th in the WBO, and it is no idle person to be able to survive this role, but unfortunately it turned out that in front of the experienced and solid technical Alim Hanouli, Mihajlovic was still a little tender, and he was almost beaten into a punching bag, but the brave performance still left a deep impression on the fans.
In the first round of the bout, Alim Hanouli took control of the situation, and his heavy punches could easily tear apart the defense. In the second round, Alim Hanouli extended his lead further, landing a flurry of punches that faltered his opponent, and Mihajlovic was knocked to the canvas as the bell rang for the end of the round.
Alim Hanooli didn't seem to be in a hurry to end the fight, and in the ensuing battle, he appeared very patient and maneuvered with his opponent a little bit, but Mihajlovic began to fight back frantically, which eventually caused Alim Hanouli to suffer.
Mihajlovich, who was born in Russia and now lives in New Zealand, has a certain gap with Alim Hanouli in terms of overall strength, especially in defense is very lax, but the fighter is fast, and as the confrontation deepens, he gradually finds an effective way to deal with Alim Hanouli, that is, following the strategy of Rich Hatton challenging Kostya Tsyu in 2005, constantly entering the interior line to implement hugging and grappling, trying to drag Alim Hanouli down.
At first, Alimuhanouli wanted to practice his internal combat ability, and constantly attacked Mihajlovic at close range, but Mihailovic's will quality and ability to resist hitting were beyond imagination, he carried the opponent's heavy punches, and at the same time kept counterattacking, belonging to the type of 5 punches and returning you 1 punch, so that Alim Hanouli also received a lot of attacks, and it turned out that he was really not suitable for this kind of internal entanglement, fortunately, Mihailovich's strength was limited, and it was difficult to pose a real threat to Alimuhanouli.
As the fight progressed, Mihajlovic received more and more heavy punches, his nosebleeds and his dazed expression were a sign of heavy blows, and when the fight reached the ninth round, Alim Hanouli knocked his opponent down for the second time, and the referee rushed to stop the fight, knowing that there was no need for the confrontation to continue.
After this fight, Alim Hanouli's record was rewritten to 16 fights and 11 knockouts, and after the defeat, Mihajlovic tasted the taste of his first career loss, and his all-win record came to an end - 21-1, 13 knockouts.
It's unclear when Alim Hanouli will fight again? He himself made it clear that he wanted to be the undisputed hegemon of his class. At present, the remaining WBA and WBC titles are held by Eris Randy Lara and Carlos Adamus respectively, and Alim Hanouli must balance these two if he wants to make a breakthrough, I wonder if it can be done? According to Alim Hanuli's strength and state, there is still a lot of hope to write history, and I wish him a breakthrough!