How to watch, stream Janibek vs. Mikhailovich, Ball vs. Rios
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Janibek Alimkhanuly defends his IBF middleweight title against Andrei Mikhailovich on Friday at The Star Sydney in Pyrmont, Australia (ESPN+, 5 a.m. ET).
The fight was originally scheduled for July 13 in Las Vegas, but two days before that date, Alimkhanuly fainted while trying to make weight and was taken to the hospital and forced to withdraw with severe dehydration.
“Janibek was cutting the final pounds last night when he fainted,” Egis Klimas, Janibek’s manager, said at the time. “We immediately took him to Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, where he was put on an IV. While the scans showed no kidney damage, he was severely dehydrated and in no condition to fight.”
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Friday, 5 a.m. ET on ESPN+: Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Andrei Mikhailovich, 12 rounds, for Alimkhanuly’s IBF middleweight title
Saturday, 2 p.m. ET on ESPN+: Nick Ball vs. Ronny Rios, 12 rounds, for Ball’s WBA featherweight title
Alimkhanuly (15-0, 10 KOs), of Zhilandy, Kazakhstan, but now living and training in Oxnard, California, won the WBO middleweight title with a unanimous-decision victory over Denzel Bentley in November 2022. He made one defense in May 2023, a second-round KO of Steve Butler, before dispatching Vincenzo Gualtieri in six rounds in October last year to add the IBF title. The WBO title won’t be on the line against Mikhailovich.
Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KOs) is a power puncher with long arms (74½ inches) from Auckland, New Zealand. He has won seven of his last eight fights by stoppage, including a first-round TKO of Les Sherrington back in April.
Mikhailovich was born in Russia but relocated to New Zealand after he and his brother were adopted.
Saturday in Liverpool, England, Nick Ball defends his WBA featherweight world title against Ronny Rios at the Echo Arena (ESPN+, 2 p.m. ET).
Ball (20-0-1, 11 KOs), of Liverpool, challenged for the WBC featherweight title against Ray Vargas in March, but the fight ended in a split draw. Three months later, on June 1, Ball defeated Raymond Ford by split decision to win the WBA belt. He will make his first defense against Rios.
Rios (34-4, 17 KOs), of Compton, California, has challenged for the junior featherweight title twice, both losses, to Vargas in 2017 and Murodjon Akhmadaliev in 2022. He’s coming off a fifth-round KO of Nicolas Polanco back in April.
The Alimkhanuly vs. Mikhailovich fight card will air Friday on ESPN+, 5 a.m. ET.
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Full Alimkhanuly vs. Mikhailovich fight card:
Title fight: Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. Andrei Mikhailovich, 12 rounds, for Alimkhanuly’s IBF middleweight title
Mea Motu vs. Shannon O’Connell, 8 rounds, women’s featherweights
Charlie Kazzi vs. Lui Magaiva, 8 rounds, lightweights
Wayne Telepe vs. Bashir Nassir, 4 rounds, lightweights
The Ball vs. Rios fight card will air Saturday on ESPN+, 2 p.m. ET.
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The fights will be available to stream on mobile devices using the ESPN App.
Full Ball vs. Rios fight card:
Title fight: Nick Ball vs. Ronny Rios, 12 rounds, for Ball’s WBA featherweight title
Jack Rafferty vs. Henry Turner, 12 rounds, for the British junior welterweight title
Jack Turner vs. Gonzalo Corinaldesi, 6 rounds, bantamweights
Jadier Herrera vs. Oliver Flores, 10 rounds, lightweights
Walter Fury vs. Dale Arrowsmith, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
Andrew Cain vs. Lazaro Casseres, 12 rounds, bantamweights
Joe Cooper vs. Lukasz Barabasz, 4 rounds, middleweights
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Nick Ball claims first world title with win over Raymond Ford
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