Janibek needs to move up

I get he is a victim of being too good. He is ducked however he is a big MW, he is at his peak and his best is what Denzel Bentley? Rob Brant? lol It feels almost wrong having such a high opinion on a fighter whose resume is so poor. He has fought once vs a terrible opponent in well, well over a year. And I get why he is ducked not only is he good, he is unknown probably among a lot of rather hardcore fans also. He is a very, very high risk and brings absolutely no reward but a bit of singing and praising from maybe a few thousand hardcore boxing nerds. SMW you have Canelo, Benavidez and Morrell (tied up), Berlanga (sells tickets), Plant (sells tickets and love him or hate him he is one of very few out there that just wants to fight and challenge himself), Mbilli, Mungaia (ticket seller) I am sure I have missed some. Derevyanchenko I'm sure would welcome him up if he wanted to test the waters. I don't understand why he is reluctantly wasting his prime doing precious little in a dead division. He is to good to be doing this. If he was 25-26 sure but he is 31-32 now. The money, the big fights, the legacy fights are a division north. For me only Sheeraz and Adames are intriguing and they're both ducking him. Lara would fight him I bet problem is Lara is going to make him look human if not terrible and despite Lara being that good he just isn't going to get a pass for looking like cr4p vs a 42yr old, then they really would have an excuse to duck him.

Comments (13)

NoAgendaBoxing

Keep crying... Andrade has a LONG history of turning down big fights. Backed out of a fight with 154 Charlo, turned down Lara to fight Jack Culcay for a secondary title instead, and nearly bailed on that too, then backed out vs Yamaguchi Falcao. Ducked Janibek to fight Zach Parker, then backed out of that fight. Twice. Then fought Demond Nicholson. He only fought Benavidez because he was forced to, and hasn't fought since. He's backed out of more fights than he's got title defenses across both his title reigns. You could use him to define "ducking" in boxing. Lomachenko and Canelo, the two fighters who pioneered the Franchise Belt to duck mandatories dont "define ducking" but moving up to fight David Benavidez in your second fight at the weight class for no belt "defines ducking" lol. You guys got different rules for different fighters, as usual. "He didnt fight Yamauchi Falcao" yes Im sure that is the fight that wouldve made you change your tune lol. You guys are so transparent.

1y ago

MulaKO

1y ago

crimsonfalcon07

A boogeyman with two belts. I see yall trying to give him the GGG treatment. You cant say Andrade ducked him when he moved up and fought a REAL boogeyman in only his second fight there. No one that fights David Benavidez is scared of freaking Janibek. What would beating Janibek have done for him? Andrade didnt need any more nameless, faceless euros on his record, and the one he wanted (GGG), didnt want him. Keep crying... Andrade has a LONG history of turning down big fights. Backed out of a fight with 154 Charlo, turned down Lara to fight Jack Culcay for a secondary title instead, and nearly bailed on that too, then backed out vs Yamaguchi Falcao. Ducked Janibek to fight Zach Parker, then backed out of that fight. Twice. Then fought Demond Nicholson. He only fought Benavidez because he was forced to, and hasn't fought since. He's backed out of more fights than he's got title defenses across both his title reigns. You could use him to define "ducking" in boxing.

1y ago

NoAgendaBoxing

Who's he supposed to fight? 160 is a wasteland. Andrade ducked him several times and handed over his belt rather than fight. He won't fight Janibek at 168 either. Munguía ducked him. Same story at 168. Sheeraz just ducked him. Lara and Adames ducked him and aren't exactly paragons of activity. You think Eubank will risk him? And he's fought on average every 6 months for his last 5 fights. People are just haters. We all know nobody will fight him at 168 either. Those divisions are not good for getting big fights if you're a low profile fighter. Since the big names have no interest in fighting each other and just want to try to get a distance loss vs Canelo, whatever you think about his skills, he's effectively the Boogeyman, simply because he's the best fighter in the division and everyone else won't fight him. A boogeyman with two belts. I see yall trying to give him the GGG treatment. You cant say Andrade ducked him when he moved up and fought a REAL boogeyman in only his second fight there. No one that fights David Benavidez is scared of freaking Janibek. What would beating Janibek have done for him? Andrade didnt need any more nameless, faceless euros on his record, and the one he wanted (GGG), didnt want him.

1y ago

LA_2_Vegas

I don't always follow the rankings super closely, so this fight probably doesn't get him anywhere, just a fight that might look good for TV.. I'd watch him vs Bek The Bully at 168.

1y ago

crimsonfalcon07

1y ago

tonysoprano

Does he speak English? Good fighter but he has zero profile. He needs to learn some English and start promoting himself. Nobody outside hardcore fans knows who the fuck he is.

1y ago

El_Escorpion

Janibek will physically harm himself if he continues cutting down to 160, only reason he sticks around is because he genuinely wants to be get high paying big bouts considering he has a belt. Hamzah Sheeraz can still make middleweight considering his age and frame, but it is only a matter of time that he also will have to move up. A 6'3 middleweight is uncommon and he might break the record of being the tallest champion if he were to win a title against Adames. Lara is at the end of his career and Adames has a big frame, but he looks comfortable at the 160 division.

1y ago

SouthpaRight

same ole story, a few people say hes a bogeyman this triggers people responding with no hes just a hypejob here we go again, hes basically the J side, if he was the A side everyone would want to fight him but he has 2 belts & u would think that would be enough to make fights, if people saw a soft touch in that case they would fight him i would think, we wont know how good he might or might not be until he gets those fights Madrimov VS Janibek sparring:D

1y ago

Smash

1y ago

RJJ9402GOAT

And Munguia turned down a title shot against him at 160, so I doubt he would fight him with nothing on the line at 168. He could enforce the automatic WBO mandatory spot at 168, but doubt it would lead to him getting the Canelo fight. Canelo would probably just vacate and fight who he wants He’d probably have to wait a while for that mandatory to be enforced too.

1y ago

edpboxing

Only problem is, who does he fight at 168? Canelo ain’t gonna be overly interested as Janibek doesn’t bring much name value. And Munguia turned down a title shot against him at 160, so I doubt he would fight him with nothing on the line at 168. He could enforce the automatic WBO mandatory spot at 168, but doubt it would lead to him getting the Canelo fight. Canelo would probably just vacate and fight who he wants

1y ago

RJJ9402GOAT

Only problem is, who does he fight at 168? Canelo ain’t gonna be overly interested as Janibek doesn’t bring much name value.

1y ago