Andrade-Alimkhanuly: WBO Formally Orders Mandatory Middleweight Title Battle

Demetrius Andrade will remain on the exterior on the lookout in as it relates to the largest fights to be created in the middleweight division.

The Planet Boxing Business (WBO) has formally authorized a ask for created by the crew for Janibek Alimkhanuly to claim the mandatory contender slot in the middleweight division. With the ruling comes the simply call for Andrade to instantly enter negotiations for the following protection of his WBO middleweight title.

“The WBO Planet Championship Committee hereby orders the functions herein the graduation of the negotiations for the over-referenced Mandatory Middleweight Championship Contest,” Luis Batista-Salas, chairman of the WBO Championship Committee famous in an formal to all concerned get-togethers, a copy of which has been obtained by BoxingScene.com. “The get-togethers are granted 20-days on issuing this detect letter to negotiate and access an agreement, or purse bid proceedings will be termed per WBO Laws of Entire world Championship Contests.”

Terms will have to be agreed upon by December 20 to prevent a purse bid listening to. Possibly facet can get in touch with for an quick purse bid at any time, while an extension can also be asked for if it is agreed by equally get-togethers that the supplemental time will final result in a deal getting struck.

Andrade is promoted by Matchroom Boxing. Alimkhanuly (11-, 7KOs) is represented by Top rated Rank and manager Egis Klimas, the latter who petitioned the WBO to name the Kazakhstani middleweight as the necessary challenge just just one week back.

Providence’s Andrade (31-, 19KOs) is coming off a next-spherical knockout of Ireland’s Jason Quigley atop a November 19 DAZN telecast from Manchester, New Hampshire. The unbeaten two-division titlist was hoping for a a great deal even bigger combat for his following ring overall look, preferably a title unification bout with WBC titleholder Jermall Charlo (32-, 22KOs) or the winner of the currently scheduled December 29 clash concerning WBA titlist Ryota Murata (16-2, 13KOs) and two-time and reigning IBF beltholder Gennadiy Golovkin (41-1-1, 35KOs) in Saitama, Japan.

Eddie Hearn, chairman of Matchroom Boxing has overtly questioned why previous WBO junior middleweight titlist Jaime Munguia was able to keep on being the variety-a single contender at middleweight with no becoming compelled to enter a obligatory title fight. Andrade-Munguia is plainly a far more fascinating combat than the scenario that Andrade presently faces, which will be his second purchased necessary title battle inside of of a year. 

Andrade outpointed prior required challenger Liam Williams this previous April at Seminole Challenging Rock Lodge & On line casino in Hollywood, Florida. The bout was his very first considering that the pandemic, approximately 15 months just after a ninth-spherical stoppage of Ireland’s Luke Keeler previous January in Miami Gardens.

Alimkhanuly is coming off of back again-to-back again eighth-spherical stoppages, like his just one-sided drubbing of previous secondary WBA middleweight titlist Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam on November 20 at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. The win arrived a person night adhering to Andrade’s early knockout of Quigley and with the speedy request to upcoming enter a title battle.

5 months prior, Alimkhanuly similarly tore via previous WBA secondary titlist Rob Brant in 8 rounds this previous June 26 at Virgin Accommodations Las Vegas.

If the combat heads to a purse bid listening to, all WBO-registered promoters will be suitable to take part. The minimal accepted bid is $200,000 for the battle.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox