How to watch Janibek Alimkhanuly vs Andrei Mikhailovich

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.

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Charlie Kazzi (6-0, 2KO) vs Lui Magaiva (4-6, 1KO) 8x3 Lightweights

Mea Motu (19-0, 7KO) vs Shannon O’Connell (24-7-1, 12KO) 8x3 Featherweights

Wayne Telepe (1-0, 1KO) vs Bashir Nassir (0-1-1) 4x3 Lightweights