Janibek Alimkhanuly & Seniesa Estrada Headline World Championship Doubleheader in Las Vegas on ESPN+

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 3, 2022) — Boxing’s most averted world champion lastly has a dance companion.

WBO middleweight world champion Janibek “Qazaq Fashion” Alimkhanuly, a southpaw energy puncher from Kazakhstan, will make the primary protection of his title towards two-time British champion Denzel Bentley on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Pearl Live performance Theater at Palms On line casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Within the co-feature, undefeated pound-for-pound queen Seniesa “Tremendous Unhealthy” Estrada will defend her WBA minimumweight world title towards Jazmin Gala Villarino.

Janibek-Bentley, Estrada-Villarino, and undercard bouts will stream stay and solely within the U.S. on ESPN+.

Promoted by High Rank, in affiliation with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, tickets beginning at $25 go on sale Friday, Oct 7 at 12 p.m. PT and may be bought at Ticketmaster.com.

“Janibek is the highest middleweight on the earth, and this battle would be the begin of a protracted and completed championship reign,” stated High Rank chairman Bob Arum. “I’m thrilled to see Seniesa Estrada make her High Rank debut. She is an exceptionally proficient fighter and is poised to be a famous person within the sport for years to come back.”

“Denzel Bentley is backing himself and fully believes he has bought what it takes to win the WBO world middleweight championship from a formidable champion in Janibek Alimkhanuly,” stated Corridor of Fame promoter Frank Warren. “It’s a golden alternative for Denzel to step up from being a revered British champion to starring on the world stage in Las Vegas.”

Janibek (12-0, 8 KOs), a 2016 Olympian from Zhilandy, Kazakhstan, took the categorical path to a world title. He fought in his first scheduled 10-rounder in his sixth professional battle, profitable a pair of regional titles in a dominant exhibiting over Cristian Olivas. Janibek’s final 4 bouts have been in Las Vegas, a quartet of knockouts that propelled him to the highest of the middleweight heap. In 2021, he knocked out former world champions Rob Brant and Hassan N’Dam to earn a shot on the WBO interim middleweight title. Janibek knocked out Danny Dignum in two devastating rounds to earn a shot at then-champion Demetrius Andrade. Janibek was elevated to world champion after Andrade elected to maneuver up in weight somewhat than defend his middleweight title.

“I give Denzel Bentley credit score for accepting the problem when so many fighters ran the opposite method,” Janibek stated. “It’s a nice honor to defend my world title in Las Vegas at The Palms, and I’ll as soon as once more present the world what ‘Qazaq Fashion’ is about.”

Bentley (17-1-1, 14 KOs) makes his American debut following a current run that noticed him turn out to be king of the British middleweights for a second time. Final April, he suffered a stoppage loss to Felix Money in a “Bubble” setting in entrance of restricted spectators. Following a comeback victory over Sam Evans, he regained the British middleweight title with a 12-round break up determination over the beforehand unbeaten Linus Udofia. “The Battersea Bomber” earned the shot at Janibek with a fourth-round TKO over Marcus Morrison final month. Bentley rebounded from being shocked within the opening spherical to bust up Morrison’s nostril and open a reduce over his proper eye, forcing a nook stoppage. After maybe his most dramatic victory, Bentley readies for the Las Vegas principal occasion stage.

“It is going to be and thrilling battle, and I feel it’s a battle I can win,” Bentley stated. “So why not go on the market and benefit from the theatrics of Las Vegas and are available again with a world title? I genuinely consider I can beat him, and he’s beatable. Everyone says he’s scary, however I don’t see it. Possibly I’m lacking one thing. We’ll discover out once we get within the ring.”

Estrada (22-0, 9 KOs), the newest combating sensation from East Los Angeles, hopes to flash the two-handed energy that has made her one of many sport’s must-see motion stars. A two-weight world champion who has additionally gained an interim world title at flyweight, Estrada returns from an almost 11-month layoff to defend her minimumweight title for a second time. She gained that title final March with one-sided determination over Anabel Ortiz, then captured the WBO gentle flyweight title lower than 4 months later with a choice over Japan’s Tenaki Tsunami. Estrada moved again all the way down to minimumweight final December and defended her title with a fourth-round stoppage over Maria Micheo Santizo. A girls’s boxing pioneer who has been grinding in Southern California gyms since taking on the game greater than 20 years in the past, Estrada is about to renew her profession with the backing of High Rank and “The Worldwide Chief in Sports activities.”

Estrada stated, “That is an thrilling time for girls’s boxing, and I’m thrilled to be making my High Rank on ESPN debut in Las Vegas towards a worthy challenger in Villarino. I’m coming into the prime of my profession and searching ahead to unifying the championships in three weight lessons. The most recent chapter in my profession begins November 12, and I can’t wait to get within the ring.”

Villarino (6-1-2, 1 KO) enters her first world title alternative having not tasted defeat since her 2016 professional debut. Final November, she traveled to Colombia and knocked out Venezuelan former world title challenger Yenifer Leon by way of seventh-round TKO. Leon additionally was stopped in 5 rounds by Estrada again in 2019. Villarino adopted up the Leon triumph in March with a unanimous determination over Judith Vivanco in Vivanco’s house nation of Mexico. She now enters enemy territory for a 3rd straight battle in hopes of driving her highway warrior mentality to a world title.

“That is the chance I’ve been ready for, to battle for a world title towards a fellow warrior like Seniesa Estrada,” Villarino stated. “I’m grateful to High Rank for the chance, and I’m coming to Las Vegas to shock the boxing world. On November 12, a brand new champion will probably be topped.”

In undercard motion, undefeated light-weight prospect Raymond “Hazard” Muratalla (15-0, 12 KOs) will battle in an eight-rounder. Muratalla is coming off a one-sided determination over Jair Valtierra.

Antonio “El Gigante” Mireles (5-0, 5 KOs), a 6’9 heavyweight, will battle in his first scheduled six-rounder. Mireles has three consecutive second-round knockouts after scoring a pair of first-round stoppages to start out his profession.

Junior welterweight Lindolfo Delgado (16-0, 13 KOs), who’s coming off an epic determination victory over the beforehand undefeated Omar Aguilar in August, hopes to inch nearer to title competition in an eight-rounder.

2016 U.S. Olympian Karlos Balderas (13-1, 11 KOs) seems to be to make it 5 wins in a row in an eight-round light-weight bout.

Former U.S. novice famous person Javier “Milwaukee Made” Martinez (7-0, 2 KOs) returns in a six-rounder at tremendous middleweight.

Light-weight Charlie Sheehy (4-0, 3 KOs), a fearsome puncher from the Bay Space, makes his fourth look of 2022 in a four-rounder.