Janibek Alimkhanuly v Andrei Mikhailovich 10/4 Espn+

[Spicoli]

The closest fighters giving the 160 division actual life are Janibek, Adams and possibly Sheeraz. What was once a glory division is now struggling along in some anonymity. Janibek managed to unify the ibf and wbo belts last year and it went largely unnoticed. Saturday he'll have another shot at making some noise facing his #1 ibf challenger Andrei Mikhailovich 21-0 out of New Zealand. In the co-main top 135 Raymond Muratalla has a big opportunity to impress v former Spr feather champion Tevin Farmer 33-5-1.

[Ivan Zhelezo]

This fight is now off. Alimkhanuly fainted & had to have IV for dehydration. He was ruled unfit to fight

[Spicoli]

Bad situation all around. Just as the division was looking for stabilization it presumably loses one of the better fighters. Janibek will likely move to 168 after this, leaving titles on the table and Mikhailovich who did everything right loses all that investment and life changing shot. Really sucks that they can't even find him a quick turnaround tba fight to at least go forward with. Raymond Muratalla takes the main event slot v Tevin Farmer.

[Spicoli]

Talk about diversion needed. Nice upset on undercard with unheralded and hardly talked about in his own home featherweight Sulaiman Segawa taking a U.10 over #1 ranked Ruben Villa. Picks up a secondary wbc belt. Southpaw quick jab was a piston and Villa looked cooked by the final round.

Muratalla and Farmer into the 2nd round

[Spicoli]

Farmer does some sharpshooting last 30 of 2nd but overall Muratalla 2-0

[Spicoli]

Muratalla doing a solid job at neutralizing the movement of Farmer. Most of 3rd fought in a large corner of the ring and he's firing right after the flashier shots of Farmer who stays close half the time. 3-0

[Spicoli]

Much better 4th for Farmer, chose his corners and picked shots well. Muratalla on the constant reset and misses bit end of round. 3-1

[Spicoli]

highly contested 5th, lean to Muratalla that one

[Spicoli]

Muratalla 6th accuracy and bigger lumber. Got Farmer on the tail end of both hands there for a bit

[Spicoli]

Farmer 7th very close round

[Spicoli]

Ref deducts a point in 8th for holding on Farmer. Seemingly out of the blue. Should be the job of Muratalla to unleash both hands and dissuade that of a clearly smaller man but Farmer went full boa constrictor in there with the arms.

[Spicoli]

Farmer getting roughed up and shook end of 9th

[Spicoli]

Massive loop right hand rocks Farmer badly in 10th!

[Spicoli]

Strong conclusion in final round for Muratalla and huge round. Guile and grit kept Farmer steady, but his eyes were rolling off a few hooks. End at about 97-92 w/ point docked. Muratalla

[Spicoli]

Scores 97-92...96-93...95-94 Muratalla unam 10