Janibek Alimkhnuly predicts that by Could 2026, he’ll be the undisputed champion at middleweight, and he’ll then face Terence Crawford within the “fall.”
For the present IBF and WBO 160-lb champion Janibek (17-0, 12 KOs) to appreciate his imaginative and prescient, he should first get previous WBA champion Erislandy Lara on December sixth. These two are preventing on the co-feature of the Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs. Lamont Roach combat on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Prime Video pay-per-view in San Antonio, Texas.
Cuban Trickster Risk
The Cuban Lara (31-3-3, 19 KOs) goes to be a difficult riddle for Alimkhnuly, 32, to resolve as a result of he’s received the kind of expertise that he’s by no means confronted as a professional. Janibek’s dream of capturing all 4 titles at 160 might finish towards Erislandy on December sixth.
What do you guys take into consideration this? By subsequent Could, I’ll have all 4 belts. And if by then Crawford remains to be holding all 4 in his division, we’ll have a conflict of two undisputed champions within the fall of 2026!
— Janibek Alimkhanuly (@qazaqstyle) October 16, 2025
Adames Nonetheless Dodging Smoke
If the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Alimkhnuly is victorious towards Lara, he would wish to face WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames to win the ultimate title he must change into undisputed. Followers on social media are already predicting that Adames received’t conform to combat Janibek. He’s ignored him all this time, and he’s been calling him out for the final two years.
Crawford on the Horizon
The Crawford combat is clearly the one which Kazakhstan-born Alimkhanuly is in search of most of all, as it will be an enormous payday, possible far larger than any that he’s obtained throughout his nine-year skilled profession.
Granted, he’s not going to get the kind of purses that Canelo Alvarez and Crawford received not too long ago for his or her legacy combat final month on September thirteenth, however it will nonetheless be big. It will enable Janibek to knock Terence down a peg and put himself in place for a rematch. Crawford is simply too prideful for him to stroll away from a loss to Janibek with out attempting to avenge it.
