Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-20, heavy exchanges and spectacular finish: Raymundo Beltran vs Jonathan Maicelo is one of the best boxing fights of 2017 and it gets four stars!Raymundo Beltran entered this fight with a pro record of 32-7-1 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jorge Linares). He suffered his last loss when he faced Terence Crawford in 2014 (=Crawford vs Beltran), since then he has collected one no-contest and three victories over Ivan Najera, Miguel Angel Mendoza and Mason Menard.
His opponent, Jonathan Maicelo, has an official record of 25-2-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.22 in the same weight class. He lost to Darleys Perez in 2015 (=Perez vs Maicelo) but then he has won four bouts beating Brandon Bennett, Samuel Amoako, Ramesis Gil and Jose Felix Jr (=Felix Jr vs Maicelo). Raymundo Beltran vs Jonathan Maicelo is valid for the vacant WBA International, NABF and WBO NABO lightweight titles; undercard of Terence Crawford vs Felix Diaz. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-05-20
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Division: lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg)
Title: vacant WBA International, NABF and WBO NABO lightweight titles
Maicelo’s previous fight: Jose Felix Jr vs Jonathan Maicelo
Beltran’s next fight: Raymundo Beltran vs Bryan Vasquez
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Beltran vs Maicelo Fight Video:
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Official highlights
Incredible knock out which could be a strong candidate for the best of this year. Maicelo, a quite fast boxer, was doing well so it was sad to see him being stopped so abruptly. I hope he got a full recovery since his head badly bounced twice over the canvas.
True: another KOotY candidate, yet again! And I will say it again… 2017 is amazing so far and we haven’t reach the midway point yet!
The clash of heads really hurt both fighters and from then on, it seemed they were both vulnerable… And just when I thought Beltran was in trouble, he came back with this quick counter swing from the left! Beltran is an impressive resurrected fighter with a huge heart. I wish him only the best for the rest of his campaign.