Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Anauel Ngamissengue Ends in Brutal Technical Knockout

Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KOs) remains the unified middleweight champion following a brutal fifth round stoppage of Anauel Ngamissengue (14-1, 9 KOs).

With the victory, Alimkhanuly retains his WBO and IBF world titles. He was promoted from interim to full WBO titlist following his knockout win over Danny Dignum in 2022. The Kazakh boxer then added the IBF belt to his collection with a technical knockout of Vincenzo Gualtieri in 2023.

The fight headlined a card promoted by Nomad Promotions – in association with Top Rank – at the Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan. Boxing fans in the country could catch the action live on Qazsport. Those in the United States could do so with ESPN+.

Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Anauel Ngamissengue Ends in Brutal TKO

Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Anauel Ngamissengue Fight Recap

The fight got off to an active start with both men trading punches at close range with each other. Late in round one, Ngamissengue was knocked down by a left hand to the head. The bout continued with both fighters still exchanging at close range, but it soon became clear that Alimkhanuly’s punches were the more effective.

Goes down Ngamissengue 😤 @QazaqStyle unloads the power early!#JanibekNgamissengue NOW on @ESPNPlus! pic.twitter.com/ApCb7q4lkl

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Ngamissengue kept trying to close the distance to land his punches and had some success doing so, but the reigning champion proved to be a cut above. Alimkhanuly gradually broke down his opponent as the fight progressed. In round five, he landed two massive left hooks that sent Ngamissengue back to the ropes and eventually down on the canvas. Though the challenger got up, he was clearly in no position to continue and the fight was ended, giving Alimkhanuly the technical knockout win.

STARCHED HIM 🤯

Janibek ends his homecoming in @QazaqStyle! pic.twitter.com/HUupRkDa3D

— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 5, 2025

Undercard Results

On a portion of the undercard that was televised, Sultan Zaurbek (20-0, 13 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Azinga Fuzile (18-3, 12 KOs) in a 10-round super featherweight bout. Scores were 98-92 (2) and 97-93.

Bakhodir Jalolov (15-0, 14 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Ihor Shevadzutskyi (12-3, 10 KOs) in a 10-round heavyweight clash. Scores were 100-89, 97-93 and 97-92. In round three, Shevadzutskyi was knocked down by a one-two to the head.

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Batyrzhan Jukembayev (24-1, 17 KOs, 2 NCs) won a unanimous decision against Kane Gardner (17-5, 7 KOs) in a 10-round super lightweight contest. Scores were 100-91 and 100-90 (x2)

Makhmud Sabyrkhan (1-0, 1 KO) won via second round technical knockout against Duc Dung Huynh (2-2, 2 KOs) in a six-round super bantamweight fight. Huynh first went down in the first from a left hook to the body. He was knocked down a second time in round two following another left hook to the body. Not long after, Huynh was hit with yet another left hook to the body and the fight was put to an end. The official time of stoppage was 2:55.

Balaussa Muzdiman (7-0, 5 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Maria Pinili (7-2, 2 KOs) in an eight-round bantamweight bout. Scores were 80-72 (x2) and 79-73.

Otabek Kholmatov (13-1, 12 KOs) won via eighth round technical knockout against Jason Manigos (30-13-2, 20 KOs). The stoppage for this eight-round featherweight clash came following a barrage of punches from Kholmatov. The official time of stoppage was 2:07.