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Kiwi boxer Andrei Mikhailovich could fight for a world title in just over two months time

Kiwi boxer Andrei Mikhailovich could fight for a world title in just over two months time

6 May 2024

Head coach of Auckland's Peach Boxing stable - Isaac Peach - has confirmed to Newstalk ZB that the IBF have made the undefeated 26-year-old the mandatory challenger for their middleweight belt.

Peach says their Australian promoters - No Limit Boxing - are pursuing a fight in 10 weeks time with the current champion - undefeated Kazakh fighter Zhanibek Alimkhanuly .

The 15-and-oh Zhanibek is also the WBO world champion.

Mikhailovich is 21-and-oh.

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Motoring:
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Accident and Emergency:
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Politics:
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Politics:
The Green Party is laying out a different vision of the future, as the coalition's budget looms 14:57

Netball:
The Mainland Tactix are looking to replicate their suffocating defensive pressure against the Pulse when they host the Southern Steel this afternoon in the ANZ Premiership in Rangiora 14:17

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