A purse bid for the WBO middleweight mandatory championship contest between Demetrius Andrade and Zhanibek Alimkhanuly will be held at noon on January 15 at WBO Headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The minimum purse bid will be $200,000 with a 75/25 purse split for Andrade. Andrade is promoted by Matchroom, Alimkhanuly is promoted by Top Rank.
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Good for Andrade. Boring fighter but still active. Ummmm charlo??? Is he scheduled to fight anytime soon or is he gonna continue hiding from all the big names that are willing to fight him?
I actually read that Andrade is thinking about vacating and moving up instead of taking this fight. I wouldn’t be surprised – it seems like a high risk/low reward type of fight and he simply cannot afford to lose this type of a fight right now. That big fight he’s always calling for might not come anyway, but he’d guarantee it wouldn’t if loses to Alimkhanuly.
Lucie. Thats a good point. Saddens me that charlo nor GGG have enough sack to fight this guy.
@Lucie I hadn’t heard about Andrade possibly moving up, but from a business standpoint, it might be a better move than taking the Alimkhanuly fight. Like you said, Andrade can’t afford a setback at this stage of his career, especially against a relatively unknown guy like Alimkhanuly. Wouldn’t blame Andrade’s management team for trying to find a way around this..
The more you think about it, the worse it gets for Andrade. If he goes up, the WBO would likely give him #1 or 2 which would basically put him one fight away from a title once Canelo inevitably vacates all those belts. But then what? There’re more big names at middleweight than super, especially if you take away Canelo who may be done with the division and even if he isn’t, we already know he isn’t coming back to fight Andrade. So he’ll go after Benavidez and…..??? Jacobs? He might find himself in a situation where he has a belt at 168 and is still calling out guys from 160! Unless he’s still undefeated world champion in 2-3 years, past his best and someone like a then prime Munguia decides he’s worth the risk, I can’t see where Andrade gets his big fight.
Alimkhanuly would probably be too big of a risk for me though. I’d pick Andrade but wouldn’t bet a dime on him and taking a loss is just something he cannot afford to do in some random mandatory unless he’s making crazy money for it.
Quite true about a lack of big names at 168 without Canelo. Not sure which way to go if you’re Andrade’s manager. Would be nice to see him get a shot at one of the big names in the sport before he’s too far past his prime. Doesn’t seem like it was in the cards for him though.
Never saw Alim fight. Does he really have a chance beating Andrade? We need Andrade vs Charlo!
The best measuring stick for Alimkhanuly so far was Rob Brant, who’s not exactly at the very top of the division, but is a guy who was a recent belt holder. Alimkhanuly thoroughly dominated him, winning about every minute of every round before stopping him in the 8th. I’d say he has a chance of beating Andrade in a toss-up sort of fight.
Andrade in 2!
This Ali(whatever his name is) can’t and won’t beat Andrede.
Andrede just needs to be patient and continue staying undefeated and defending his title
Pitiful that all of these guys have gotten away from not having to face him? Instead they’ve gone on a smear campaign in order to justify not fighting him!! Shameful!
Sure Triller will bring their 30 millions bid to the table, just to make happy the fighters, but, as a gold Olympic medallist in the BS discipline, Triller will be backing down after.
Just another high risk low reward fight to try to derail Andrade. He wont get any credit and apparently not much money for the fight. But at least he is active and looking to make a statement to the fans.
Alimkhanuly has his own plans to get to the top of the division and not just an opponent. He’s been active, fighting for world titles since his 6th pro fight, and has that ability to be a force in the Mid division. His team believe in him and he is being fast-tracked.
If he cant get the GGG or Munguia fight with DAZN, not much reason for Andrade to remain at 160lbs. Fight Plant at 168lbs