Janibek needs to move up

[dan_cov]

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.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

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

[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

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

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.

[Smash]

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

[SouthpawRight]

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

[Malvado]

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.

[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 **** he is.

[crimsonfalcon07]

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.

[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.