Saturday, March 12, is scheduled one of the best boxing’s events of 2011, especially for highly spectacular fighting in the fight card. The main fight will be Miguel Angel Cotto vs Ricardo Mayorga, valid for the WBA Super World light middleweight title: Cotto is the number one in his category (light middleweight boxrec ranking) and in his last fight, against Foreman, seemed to have regained the explosiveness and power of former times, instead Mayorga, though he is not ranked at the top of the class, is always a spectacular and dangerous fighter. But in the same evening will fight also Leonardo Zappavigna vs Miguel Vazquez, two very young (class 1987) and spectacular boxers that will fight for
Best fights
Videos of the best Fights of the Year candidates: Mma, Boxing, K-1
2011 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – William Diender vs Rachid Belaini – full fight Video
Review: 4 stars for the best fight of the K-1 event It’s Show Time 46. William Diender vs Rachid Belaini was a tough battle, even without a knockout, the fight has been spectacular thanks to the high pace and to the hard blows between two very powerful fighter. Watch the video of William Diender vs Rachid Belaini!
2002 best BOXING fight – Joan Guzman vs Fabio Daniel Oliva – full fight Video
Review: 2002-08-17, Joan Guzman vs Fabio Daniel Oliva was one of the best boxing fights of 2002. Both boxers were undefeated and had a similar record, Guzman 17-0-0, while 18-0-0 for Oliva, but the former had already fought for international titles and outside his home country, instead Oliva had never fought outside Argentina, this match was his first time. Joan Guzman vs Fabio Daniel Oliva was valid for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title and it was an exciting fight with a quick knockout in the third round. Watch the video!
2002 best BOXING fight – Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson – full fight Video
Review: 2002-06-08, Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson was probably the most important fight in the heavyweight division of the new millennium. Lennox Lewis was the champion (WBC, IBF and IBO) and he had lost twice in his career (with Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman) but he always managed to take his revenge. Even Mike Tyson had already lost, once against Buster Douglas and twice with Evander Holyfield, Tyson’s career was already in decline, in fact he didn’t fight for a world title for five years. Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson was certainly one of the best boxing fights of 2002. Watch the video!
2011 best BOXING fight – Ryosuke Iwasa vs Shinsuke Yamanaka – full fight Video
Review: 2011-03-05, Shinsuke Yamanaka vs Ryosuke Iwasa was a very nice fight as often happens in Japan, where the fighters never give up: four stars for one of the best boxing fights of 2011. Both undefeated, Shinsuke Yamanaka was the champion of the Japanese bantamweight title and entered the fight with a record of 13-0-2, while his opponent Ryosuke Iwasa, younger than seven years, had a record of 8-0-0. Yamanaka vs Iwasa is valid for the Japanese bantamweight title. Watch the video!
2011 best BOXING fight – Saul Alvarez vs Matthew Hatton – full fight Video
Review: 2011-03-05, exciting and tough fight between Saul Alvarez and Matthew Hatton with an amazing seventh round candidate for “round of the year”: definitely one of the best boxing fights of 2011. The undefeated Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (20 years old) entered the fight with a record of 35-0-1 while Matthew Hatton had a record of 41-4-2. Saul Alvarez vs Hatton is valid for the vacant WBC light middleweight title. Watch the video!
2011 best K-1 MUAY THAI fight – Thanonchai Tor Sangtiennoi vs Payaknoi Romsithong
Review: also with fighters not very popular, in Thailand is not so hard to find good muay thai athletes and spectacular fights. This is the case of the fight between Thanonchai Tor Sangtiennoi (red shorts) and Payaknoi Romsithong, five intensive round, good pace and good technique throughout the fight, it won’t be the muay thai fight of the year but it is one of the best of 2011. Watch the video!
MMA – Strikeforce Feijao Cavalcante vs Henderson, Manhoef vs Kennedy…
The best MMA event of the week should be “Strikeforce Feijao vs Henderson” scheduled for Saturday, March 5. The main fight will be Dan “Hendo” Henderson vs Rafael “Feijão” Cavalcante and will be valid for the Strikeforce light heavyweight championship. This fight night should be very exciting also for the presence of Melvin Manhoef, who will face Tim Kennedy, and another world title between Marloes Coenen and Liz Carmouche that will fight for the Strikeforce womens welterweight championship. This Strikeforce event will be broadcast live on Showtime (10 pm ET / PT, delayed on the West Coast).
Video preview of Strikeforce Feijao vs Henderson:
2011 best BOXING fight – Brandon Rios vs Miguel Acosta – fight Video
Review: 2011-02-26, exciting fight with three knockdowns between Brandon Rios and Miguel Acosta; at the moment it is the most beautiful boxing fight of 2011 and could be a candidate for Fight of the Year 2011. Miguel Acosta (28-3-2) was the holder of the WBA World lightweight title, won in 2009 against Urbano Antillon and then defended last year versus Paulus Moses (both fighting won by ko); while the undefeated Brandon Rios (26-0-1) seven years younger than Acosta, it was the first chance to became world champion. Acosta vs Rios is valid for the WBA World lightweight title. Watch the video!
Nonito Donaire vs Fernando Montiel full fight Video – 2011
Review: 2011-02-19, Montiel seems confused while Donaire begins immediately with quick and heavy punches…the bout was spectacular, perhaps too fast, with one of the best knockouts of the year: four stars. Fernando Montiel entered the fight with a record of 44-2-2 while Nonito Donaire had a record of 25-1-0. Donaire vs Montiel is valid for the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles. Watch the video!
