Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-12, disappointing fight between Tony Bellew and Mateusz Masternak: it gets two stars.Tony Bellew entered this fight with a record of 25-2-1 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Grigory Drozd). He suffered his last loss in 2013 when he faced Adonis Stevenson (=Stevenson vs Bellew), since then he has collected five consecutive victories.
His opponent, Mateusz Masternak, has an official boxing record of 36-3-0 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He has already fought three times in 2015 defeating Ruben Angel Mino (=Masternak vs Mino) and Carlos Ailton Nascimento (=Masternak vs Nascimento) but between these two bouts he lost to Johnny Muller. ‘Bomber’ Bellew vs Masternak is valid for the vacant EBU (European) cruiserweight title; undercard of Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-12-12
Where: O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: vacant EBU (European) cruiserweight title
Masternak’s previous fight: Mateusz Masternak vs Ailton Nascimento
Bellew’s next fight: Tony Bellew vs Ilunga Makabu
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The later rounds were good, but the first 9 rounds were a borefest. A pity, Bellew was more of an action fighter earlier in his career. I was so bored I forgot to score lol
I had it 115-113 to Bellew. As for his title chances, I can see him beating Ramirez, but no way is he beating Drozd or Lebedev.
I agree! He fought our own Adonis Stevenson a few years back (I’m not proud to call Chickenson one of our own, but that’s the way it is) It was at either 168 or 175 and Bellew was looking much trimmer and was considered a threat. No idea why he decided to balloon to 200.