Pavel Malikov


Pavel Mikhailovich Malikov is a Russian professional boxer who competes in the lightweight division. He has held the WBC-ABCO title in 2016, and the WBA Asia and WBO Inter-Continental titles between 2017–2018.

Career

On 9 July 2017, Pavel Malikov faced Japanese veteran Daiki Kaneko. He defeated Kaneko by split decision to retain the WBA Asia title.
On 15 December, Malikov defended his WBA Asia title against Colombian boxer Deiner Berrio for the vacant interim WBO Inter-Continental title. He defeated Berrio by split decision in a competitive fight to unify both titles.
On 22 April 2018, Malikov defended the full WBO Inter-Continental title against Daud Yordan in a WBA world title eliminator. In what is an upset performance, Yordan defeated Malikov by knockout in the eighth round.

Professional boxing record