The Boxing Truth®: World Boxing Organization

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

BREAKING: WBO Statement Regarding Janibek Alimkhanuly

The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has released an official statement through its website and social media channels following it's World Middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly testing positive for a banned substance ahead of his scheduled unification bout with WBA World Middleweight champion Erislandy Lara on the undercard of the Isaac Cruz-Lamont Roach pay-per-view card scheduled for Saturday night in San Antonio, TX. As of this writing, the International Boxing Federation (IBF), whose World Middleweight championship Janibek Alimkhanuly also holds, has not released a statement regarding the situation. The WBO’s official statement can be read below.

Credit: WBO

As of this writing, the scheduled bout where the WBO, IBF, and WBA World Middleweight championships would be on the line, remains on as scheduled. We will keep readers updated on developments as they become available. Stay tuned.

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Monday, November 17, 2025

UPDATE: WBO Statement Regarding Oleksandr Usyk

Below in the following screenshots released on its website and social media platforms is a statement released by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and it's current president Gustavo Olivieri regarding the decision of now former two-time Undisputed World Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk to vacate its version of the World Heavyweight championship as of Monday, November 17th.

Credit: WBO

Credit:WBO

As previously reported here on The Boxing Truth®️ per Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, with Usyk now having vacated the WBO world title in the Heavyweight division, per WBO rules, which is a standard throughout the entire sport regardless of sanctioning organization, Fabio Wardley, who was the undefeated mandatory challenger for Usyk in the WBO Heavyweight rankings, and held interim championship status as a result, following his stoppage of previous number one contender and former WBO world champion Joseph Parker on October 25th in London, England, is now recognized as WBO World Heavyweight champion. As of this writing, Olekaandr Usyk remains World Heavyweight champion recognized by the WBC, WBA, IBF, and IBO. Usyk’s potential future in the ring, however, remains uncertain as he has been recovering from a back injury in recent months.

This remains a developing story and we will keep readers updated on developments as they become available. Stay tuned.

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