By: Sean Crose.
WBO and IBF middleweight champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly will not defend his belt against Andrei Mikhailovich on Saturday night as scheduled. Top Rank announced that the undefeated champion was hospitalized on Thursday.
Reason?
Dehydration.
By highest rank:
“WBO/IBF world middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s title defence against Andrei Mikhailovich at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas after being hospitalised on Thursday night due to dehydration.”
The lightweight bout between Tevin Farmer and Raymond Muratalla will be the main event of the ESPN+ broadcast.
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