Pavel Malikov

Pavel Mikhailovich Malikov (Russian: Павел Михайлович Маликов; born 26 February 1986) is a Russian professional boxer who held the WBA Asia, WBC-ABC, and WBO Inter-Continental lightweight titles between 2016 and 2018.

On 9 July 2017, Pavel Malikov faced Japanese veteran Daiki Kaneko.

He defeated Kaneko by split decision to retain the WBA Asia lightweight title.

He defeated Berrio by split decision in a competitive fight to add the WBO interim title to his collection.

In what is an upset performance, Yordan defeated Malikov by knockout in the eighth round.