Friday: Janibek-Mikhailovich ESPN+ Programming Details
Coverage from Sydney, Australia, begins at 5am ET /2am PT / 10pm BST
Unified WBO and IBF middleweight world champion Janibek Alimkhanuly defends his crown against undefeated contender Andrei Mikhailovich this Friday, October 4, at The Star in Sydney, Australia.
Janibek-Mikhailovich headlines a special early-morning card streaming live and exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. starting at 5am ET /2am PT / 10pm BST.
Janibek (15-0, 10 KOs), the world’s top middleweight, is making the trip Down Under to face a somewhat familiar foe.
He and Mikhailovich were scheduled to fight in July, but the Kazakh southpaw was forced to withdraw prior to the weigh-in.
Mikhailovich (21-0, 13 KOs), born in Russia and raised in New Zealand, now has the home region advantage in his first world title opportunity. He is coming off April’s first-round stoppage of Les Sherrington.
In other scheduled streaming action from Sydney:
Charlie Kazzi (6-0, 2KO) vs Lui Magaiva (4-6, 1KO) 8×3 Lightweights
Mea Motu (19-0, 7KO) vs Shannon O’Connell (24-7-1, 12KO) 8×3 Featherweights
Wayne Telepe (1-0, 1KO) vs Bashir Nassir (0-1-1) 4×3 Lightweights