- Born
- 1982
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- Kazakhstan
- Career
- 2006–present
A pressure puncher who dominated middleweight and fought a trilogy with Canelo Álvarez.
Titles & Honours
- Unified Middleweight Champion
- Record-tying 20 consecutive middleweight title defenses
Career Timeline
2006–present- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Gabor Balogh · W KO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Gabriel Rosado · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Kell Brook
W TKO · The O2 Arena , London , England. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Canelo Álvarez · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
5 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-05-06 | W | Gabor Balogh | KO | 1 | Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf , Germany |
| 2006-07-29 | W | Sergei Navarka | TKO | 3 | König Pilsener Arena , Oberhausen , Germany |
| 2006-08-22 | W | Daniel Urbanski | RTD | 3 | Universum Gym, Hamburg , Germany |
| 2006-09-19 | W | Martins Kukulis | RTD | 2 | Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven , Germany |
| 2006-10-21 | W | Jorge Ariel Garcia | KO | 2 | Brandberge Arena, Halle , Germany |
| 2006-12-02 | W | Sylvain Gomis | KO | 4 | Estrel Hotel , Berlin , Germany |
| 2007-02-27 | W | Simon Mokoena | RTD | 5 | Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven, Germany |
| 2007-05-25 | W | Sergey Khomitsky | TKO | 5 | Fight Night Arena, Cologne , Germany |
| 2007-09-07 | W | Mehdi Bouadla | UD | 8 | Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2008-02-29 | W | Tshepo Mashego | KO | 1 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle , Hamburg, Germany |
| 2008-04-05 | W | Ian Gardner | UD | 8 | Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2008-05-10 | W | Ibrahim Sid | TKO | 8 | Brandberge Arena, Halle, Germany |
| 2008-06-21 | W | Amar Amari | UD | 8 | Brøndby Hall , Copenhagen , Denmark |
| 2008-11-22 | W | Malik Dziarra | RTD | 2 | Stadthalle, Rostock , Germany |
| 2009-01-17 | W | Javier Alberto Mamani | TKO | 1 | Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2009-04-25 | W | Anthony Greenidge | KO | 5 | König Palast , Krefeld , Germany |
| 2009-07-11 | W | John Anderson Carvalho | KO | 2 | Nürburgring , Nürburg , Germany |
| 2009-11-21 | W | Mikhail Makarov | KO | 2 | Sparkassen-Arena , Kiel , Germany |
| 2010-08-14 | W | Milton Núñez | KO | 1 | Roberto Durán Arena , Panama City , Panama |
| 2010-12-16 | W | Nilson Julio Tapia | KO | 3 | Daulet National Tennis Centre , Astana , Kazakhstan |
| 2011-06-17 | W | Kassim Ouma | TKO | 10 | Roberto Durán Arena, Panama City, Panama |
| 2011-12-09 | W | Lajuan Simon | KO | 1 | Ballsaal Interconti-Hotel, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2012-05-12 | W | Makoto Fuchigami | TKO | 3 | Ice Palace "Terminal", Kyiv , Ukraine |
| 2012-09-01 | W | Grzegorz Proksa | TKO | 5 | Turning Stone Resort Casino , Verona, New York , US |
| 2013-01-19 | W | Gabriel Rosado | TKO | 7 | The Theater at Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York , US |
| 2013-03-30 | W | Nobuhiro Ishida | KO | 3 | Salle des Etoiles , Monte Carlo , Monaco |
| 2013-06-29 | W | Matthew Macklin | KO | 3 | Foxwoods Resort Casino , Ledyard, Connecticut , US |
| 2013-11-02 | W | Curtis Stevens | RTD | 8 | The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US |
| 2014-02-01 | W | Osumanu Adama | TKO | 7 | Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| 2014-07-26 | W | Daniel Geale | TKO | 3 | Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York, US |
| 2014-10-18 | W | Marco Antonio Rubio | KO | 2 | StubHub Center , Carson, California , US |
| 2015-02-21 | W | Martin Murray | TKO | 11 | Salle des Etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| 2015-05-16 | W | Willie Monroe Jr. | TKO | 6 | The Forum , Inglewood, California , US |
| 2015-10-17 | W | David Lemieux | TKO | 8 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US |
| 2016-04-23 | W | Dominic Wade | KO | 2 | The Forum, Inglewood, California, US |
| 2016-09-10 | W | Kell Brook | TKO | 5 | The O2 Arena , London , England |
| 2017-03-18 | W | Daniel Jacobs | UD | 12 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US |
| 2017-09-16 | D | Canelo Álvarez | SD | 12 | T-Mobile Arena , Paradise, Nevada , US |
| 2018-05-05 | W | Vanes Martirosyan | KO | 2 | StubHub Center, Carson, California, US |
| 2018-09-15 | L | Canelo Álvarez | MD | 12 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 2019-06-08 | W | Steve Rolls | KO | 4 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US |
| 2019-10-05 | W | Sergiy Derevyanchenko | UD | 12 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US |
| 2020-12-18 | W | Kamil Szeremeta | RTD | 7 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino , Hollywood, Florida , US |
| 2022-04-09 | W | Ryōta Murata | TKO | 9 | Super Arena , Saitama , Japan |
| 2022-09-17 | L | Canelo Álvarez | UD | 12 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, US |
Showing 45 of 45 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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