# 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.

## Career

On 9 July 2017, Pavel Malikov faced Japanese veteran Daiki Kaneko. He defeated Kaneko by split decision to retain the WBA Asia lightweight title.
On 15 December, Malikov defended his WBA Asia title against Colombian boxer Deiner Berrio for the vacant WBO interim Inter-Continental title. He defeated Berrio by split decision in a competitive fight to add the WBO interim title to his collection.
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

| 24 fights | 16 wins | 7 losses |
| By knockout | 6 | 6 |
| By decision | 10 | 1 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 24 | Loss | 16–7–1 | Petr Vasilev | TKO | 2 (8), 0:54 | 16 Sep 2022 | Moscow State Circus, Moscow, Russia | |
| 23 | Loss | 16–6–1 | Nikita Kuznetsov | TKO | 5 (8), 2:49 | 9 Jun 2022 | Gazgolder Club, Moscow, Russia | |
| 22 | Loss | 16–5–1 | Khurshid Tojibaev | TD | 4 (8), 2:33 | 11 Dec 2021 | CSKA Sport complex, Almaty, Kazakhstan | |
| 21 | Loss | 16–4–1 | Stanislav Kalitskiy | KO | 5 (8), 1:00 | 27 Mar 2021 | RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 20 | Loss | 16–3–1 | Roman Andreev | TKO | 2 (10), 2:05 | 7 Nov 2020 | RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 19 | Loss | 16–2–1 | Zaur Abdullaev | KO | 7 (10), 1:24 | 22 Aug 2020 | RCC Boxing Academy, Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 18 | Win | 16–1–1 | Isa Chaniev | MD | 12 | 12 Oct 2019 | Arēna Rīga, Rīga, Latvia | Retained EBP lightweight title |
| 17 | Win | 15–1–1 | Gaybatulla Gadzhialiev | SD | 10 | 20 Apr 2019 | Floyd Mayweather Boxing Academy, Moscow, Russia | Retained EBP lightweight title |
| 16 | Draw | 14–1–1 | Vage Sarukhanyan | SD | 10 | 9 Feb 2019 | Galaktika Culture Centre, Estosadok, Russia | Retained EBP lightweight title |
| 15 | Win | 14–1 | Ernie Sanchez | KO | 2 (10), 1:58 | 27 Oct 2018 | Triumph, Lyubertsy, Russia | Won vacant EBP lightweight title |
| 14 | Loss | 13–1 | Daud Yordan | KO | 8 (12), 1:54 | 22 Apr 2018 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | For WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Deiner Berrio | SD | 10 | 15 Dec 2017 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Retained WBA Asia lightweight title; Won WBO interim Inter-Continental lightweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Daiki Kaneko | SD | 10 | 9 Jul 2017 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Retained WBA Asia lightweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Mirzhan Zhaxylykov | TKO | 2 (10), 2:57 | 25 Mar 2017 | PNTZ Palace of Culture, Pervouralsk, Russia | Won vacant WBA Asia lightweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Adones Aguelo | TKO | 4 (10), 2:56 | 17 Dec 2016 | Yekaterinburg Expo, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Won vacant WBC-ABC lightweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Carlo Magali | RTD | 8 (10), 3:00 | 18 Nov 2016 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Retained WBC-ABC Silver lightweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Leonardo Doronio | TKO | 3 (12), 2:52 | 11 Jul 2016 | DIVS, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Won vacant WBC-ABC Silver lightweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Nikolay Buzolin | SD | 10 | 22 Feb 2016 | Iceberg Sports Palace, Adler, Russia | Won vacant Russian lightweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Sherzodbek Mamajonov | UD | 6 | 21 Nov 2015 | KRC Arbat, Moscow, Russia | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Firdavs Azimjonov | UD | 4 | 22 Jun 2015 | Boxing & Gym Academy, Moscow, Russia | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Bayram Mukhamedov | UD | 6 | 16 Oct 2010 | Olimpiysky Sport Palace, Chekhov, Russia | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Andrei Semencenco | TKO | 2 (6), 2:01 | 25 Sep 2010 | Ice Palace, Murmansk, Russia | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Hujabek Mamatov | UD | 4 | 13 Jun 2010 | Yunost, Klimovsk, Russia | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ruslan Berchuk | UD | 4 | 23 May 2010 | Red Square, Moscow, Russia | |