Janibek Alimkhanuly Kazakhstan vs Vincenzo Gualtieri Germany Full Fight Highlights

I'm scheduled to box 12 rounds. I'm going over the rules in the dressing room. I expect you to obey my commands at all times. Most of all, protect yourself at all times. Touch gloves. Good luck. The mentality of Vincenzo Gualtieri is to be respected. He said, I understand Zsanibeg is a strong fighter with excellent punching power. But we're in the top level now. And I will only fight fighters who are good. That's what boxing needs. Stop hiding behind the O. Go out there and look for glory. And that's what Vincenzo Gualtieri and Zsanibeg Elimhanala are trying to do here in this middleweight title unification. The power of Elimhanala in the green trunks trimmed in red against El Capo, the boxer, Vincenzo Gualtieri. What I did was I threw my pin across the table during the fighter meetings and he picked it up with his left hand. You hear Zsanibeg chants. You hear El Capo chants as well here in Rosenburg, Texas. See that lungeon right there? A picture right there of Gualtieri going over his back leg, bringing his back leg forward and square it up. The uppercut will be coming sooner than later. And both have vicious uppercuts because that's the punch that Gualtieri dropped Esquiva Falcao in his world championship fight to win the world title his last time out. But his power does not compare to Zsanibeg Elimhanala. You know, the uppercut, Gualtieri is reactive. So if you put enough pressure on him, if you're close enough, he's going to release those uppercuts. The other thing that Gualtieri tends to do is walk with his hands low and you're seeing it there. For moments, he picks them up, puts them out as earmuffs, but there's opportunities for Zsanibeg when he walks like that with those hands low to connect. Good defense there from Gualtieri as he gets those hands back up as Elimhanala was shooting that right. But that jab and the left cross get in. There it is. You know, this round, Zsanibeg is just taking his time. Taking his time. He doesn't feel threatened at all. He's bagging up Gualtieri even with his feints. Gualtieri has definitely felt that power. And he doesn't want to get hit cleanly. That's the reason why he's playing defense right now. He wants Zsanibeg to wear down just a little bit so that way he can start working. But Zsanibeg is so good with his range. So good with his range. Takes a half a step back right there to land that left hand. Gualtieri trying to goad Elimhanala into making a mistake. Round one of this middleweight title unification is in the books. In our fighter meetings, Zsanibeg, Elimhanala told us you haven't seen the best Zsanibeg because I haven't seen the best opponent. None of my opponents have been on my level. Tonight, Vincenzo Gualtieri wants to change that in this unification bout as one of these two men will either go back to Kazakhstan or Germany holding two belts. Gualtieri right now, he's looking for an opportunity to rush in, to get close, to close the gap right now. Zsanibeg right now is holding his ground, using his jab. Using that up jab, trying to split the guard of Gualtieri. Saw the promo for October 28th. The baddest man on the planet, Tyson Fury or Francis Nganou. One is a lineal heavyweight champion. The other, the MMA champion at heavyweight. Zsanibeg now is looking for that uppercut. He's sitting on that back foot, keeping his head back towards his back foot. Gualtieri understands his identity as a fighter here. But that uppercut from Zsanibeg follows it up with a left to the liver. What Zsanibeg can do is pick up his jab. Both fighters can pick up their jab. That space in between, there's not much going on. Those are opportunities for you to win that battle. To give your opponent something. Get him to worry about something. Then that way you can lay your counters like that. And just lay a trap for him. Nice body shot from Zsanibeg. Straight to the solar plexus. That was nice right there. I like that right hand. And a quick forward shift by Gualtieri to get in the inside and land a few shots. See, southpaw versus orthodox. A lot of times you hear about the left foot, the left foot outside, the left foot outside. Left foot dominance, yes. A lot of times you're going to hear people say don't move to your right. You can move to your right when you have the proper space or distance. That's not a problem. You just can't move one way and be predictable. You can move both ways. But again, it's all about having the right range. Being outside. But you mentioned in your lap, Jim, that you see that double jab from Alemkhanova. How good the Kazakh fighter is at closing those gaps. And that's the challenge that Gualtieri is facing here as round two comes to an end. Top-ranked boxing on ESPN. Alright, when you get a southpaw on an orthodox fighter, Tim, you were explaining the importance of that lead foot. And Zsanibeg's already using it to his advantage here early in this fight. Yeah, but sometimes your feet get too close. You step on the foot of your opponent. Now, I don't know if that was purposely done right there by Zsanibeg. It was twice in a row right there. But I would assume that it was probably done purposely. After the second and the third time? Yes, yes. I would think so, Tim. You step on the man's, on the fighter's shoe right there. As you keep seeing Zsanibeg doing, you see the referee's not paying attention to it. Now, what happens is if Zsanibeg hits him with a shot, but it's not a clean shot and he goes down, now that's unfair. That is. So the referee has to pay attention to that. There is no instant replay here. It looks like a knockdown, but it actually isn't. And it's counted as one. But Zsanibeg finally lands that left uppercut after doubling up. Again, Zsanibeg is staying patient. But now what he's doing is he's countering the counter. So he's getting a flick jab out there, flicking it out there, getting them to look at it. And he knows that Gualtieri's trying to counter. And when he does counter, he makes a miss and then he comes right back with his offense. So a lot of back and forth right here from Zsanibeg. You don't get to win 300 amateur fights without having boxing skill. And when you have power like Zsanibeg shows there, it gets overlooked. Zsanibeg is too good at controlling the distance, and he doesn't want to walk into anything. But there's going to come a time where Gualtieri's going to have to sell out because he's losing these rounds. And when he does sell out, that's what Zsanibeg is waiting on. He's waiting on him to sell out and get overaggressive so that way he can catch him with a kill shot. It's pick your poison against Zsanibeg Alemhanala. Do you want to slowly be punished, or do you just want to be sent home quickly? Yes, and right there, Zsanibeg is just catching him in the slip, actually catching him changing positions, going from the southpaw to the orthodox stance, squaring up. And Zsanibeg was waiting on that. That is something that you work on in the gym. And that was something that he alluded to in the fighter meeting. He said, oh yeah, when he's in this switch, he's not set. I'm going to catch him. You see a little bit of swelling. It's a piston that Alemhanala sticks out there. It's not just a measuring jab. Back inside the fort-bent epicenter. Zsanibeg Alemhanala and Vincenzo Gualtieri as we start round four. Mark Kriegel, your unofficial scorecard after three. I don't want to break too much news, but I got it three rounds to none for Zsanibeg. This might be an actually interesting fight, but for one thing. Gualtieri got to throw some punches. There he goes. Alemhanala is the one who landed not only a left cross, but also a body shot. So Alemhanala, when Gualtieri tried to open up, made him pay. What is the problem? Come to fight. You think Gualtieri didn't come to fight, you mean? I mean, right now he's trying to survive. He ain't fighting. Well, Zsanibeg's going to say, I'm going to make sure you don't finish this fight on your feet. We knew Gualtieri does not have the punching power, and when you mention the fact that you got to throw your hands, he's throwing 46 compared to 117. For Zsanibeg Alemhanala, that's just not going to cut it. What did I tell you? I told you, somebody's fool's gold. And right now, you know who's looking like fool's gold? Right now? Look, you can be a champion, but that doesn't make you a great fighter. You know, you can get lucky, you can fight the right opponent, they match you up right, you have a good day. But then when you get in there, there's levels to this game. You can see the difference in pedigree. Nice jab from Alemhanala, who takes a left from Gualtieri. And that should make him think, look, I can hit Alemhanala. So why not try it? He don't want that counter. Those shots are hard, Bernardo. They're sharp, they're quick, they're accurate. They own the money. And they sting. See, that's the Cuban style right there. That's what you're seeing from Gualtieri. Those hands down, trying to be elusive, trying to move his head. But Zsanibeg is timing it perfectly with his jab. Ooh, he hurt him with that shot. Zsanibeg trying to find his reigns, trying to find that moment to unleash on Gualtieri. And we talk about Zsanibeg making his punches count. He usually lands 36% of his power punches. Tonight he's at 54%. And that is not a number that El Capo Gualtieri wants Zsanibeg to be around if he's gonna finish this fight on his feet. In the corner of Vincenzo Gualtieri, Frankie Saldama said, you're getting hit unnecessarily because you're not listening to me. You need to feint. And then on Zsanibeg's corner, Brian Valoria, in their first fight together, says, stay the course. Don't allow him to get on track. Yeah, because the minute you give Gualtieri confidence, the minute that's when he gets confident, he starts letting his hands go, he starts feeling himself a bit. You never want to let a guy gain confidence and fight his fight. Zsanibeg is fighting a disciplined fight right now, but I want to see, later on in the fight, if he can step on the gas a little bit and try to get Gualtieri up out of there. Take a little bit more chances, because Gualtieri is not a big, big puncher. He's not a big puncher. You can use defense, you can catch and shoot. There's a lot of different things that you can do to mount your attack. Alejandro Gualtieri staying disciplined behind that stick. That jab is causing trouble, not only under the left eye of Gualtieri, but there's also a slight scrape on the bridge of the nose of Vincenzo Gualtieri. There's that jab and that left cross from Alejandro Gualtieri. This is brutal. Like, you being a fighter in the ring, you got two hands, just like the other man, and you can't lay a finger on him. Demoralizing. Because when you take a risk, Alejandro Gualtieri makes you pay. Yes. You just know that you're out-skilled. There ain't nothing you can do about it. You're just trying to buy your time and get through the fight. Yeah, but here with Gualtieri, he understands he doesn't have the punching power to neutralize. Sometimes you can get beat a lot of rounds and you have that equalizer. Gualtieri does not possess that in his arsenal. Yeah, you're right, but I didn't have a whole lot of punching power either. Ooh, that uppercut hurts! Gualtieri as he reels back, finished the fight mode here in round number five, but what a great recovery from Gualtieri. Moved his feet, bought himself some time, trying to clear his head. He was buzzed for a split second. Gualtieri, he's in shape because he's recovered quickly right now, but he's still not out of the woods. Janabeck looking to line him up again for a big shot. Gualtieri finally. That uppercut is a damaging punch from Janabeck Alemhanala, and so is that right hook to the body. Ooh, did you see that arm go down? That elbow. Tucked it real quick. Gualtieri earned himself another round here in that game. Oh, my goodness. You okay? We're inside the Fort Bend Epicenter here in Rosenburg, Texas. So new that we can smell the paint, but Janabeck is denting the paint off of Gualtieri. Beautiful up jab. That's a pull. That's a pull counter right there. With that jab first, step back, boom. Swept with the left hook, with the right hook. Brought him right near that uppercut. Beautiful shot. That's beautiful stuff right there. You know, those shots are not lucky shots. Those shots are set up and planned well before he actually lands them. Well, you've been talking about Alemhanala setting up Gualtieri since the first round, but he's paying it off here, and in the corner, Brian Valoria was telling Alemhanala, I need you to follow up with that left hand. He's there for it. Just throw it. Well, what he said was that he's staying. He's no longer moving. He's staying there. You know, he's shielding up, going into that high guard, and you can split that guard with an uppercut or a straight left hand. Or stick the jab triple time. I was pretty impressed with Gualtieri being able to recover from that left uppercut because it looked like he was going down, just like he's about to go down now. He protects himself. He almost took a knee. He's never been down, and he's never been stopped in his entire career. Gualtieri. That may change tonight, but he's showing the will that he said he had. But this is not the place you want to be against Janovek Alemhanala as referee. Fields is just about to step in. The next big shot that Alemhanala lands on Gualtieri, I think David Fields will stop this fight. The legs are buckled and no reason to receive any more punishment as Janovek Alemhanala is the unified middleweight champion of the world, taking the IBF belt from Vincenzo Gualtieri. What'd they say? Light work, no reaction? That was good work right there. I told you it was going to be easy.