The former Wba Cw champion Yuniel Dorticos entered this fight with a pro record of 23-1-0 (21 KOs=91%) and he is ranked as the No.6 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Oleksandr Usyk). He fought twice last year losing to Murat Gassiev (Murat Gassiev vs Yunier Dorticos) and beating Mateusz Masternak (Yuniel Dorticos vs Mateusz Masternak).
His opponent, the undefeated Andrew Tabiti, has a perfect record of 17-0-0 (13 KOs=76%) and he entered as the No.12 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Steve Cunningham (Steve Cunningham vs Andrew Tabiti), Lateef Kayode (Andrew Tabiti vs Lateef Kayode) and Ruslan Fayfer (Andrew Tabiti vs Ruslan Fayfer). Dorticos vs Tabiti is valid for the interim IBF World cruiserweight title and it is the semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy); undercard of Mairis Briedis vs Krzysztof Glowacki. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-06-15
Where: Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: interim IBF World cruiserweight title
Dorticos’ previous fight: Yuniel Dorticos vs Mateusz Masternak
Tabiti’s previous fight: Andrew Tabiti vs Ruslan Fayfer
Dorticos’ next fight: Mairis Briedis vs Yuniel Dorticos
Dorticos vs Tabiti full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Official LIVE STREAM
Official highlights
The ref and dortico’s put a beating on tabiti, ref even took group photo with dorticos and his team smh
Pretty boring fight due to the American boxer who was almost frozen in the ring and totally afraid of the punching power of his rival. He, technically, was better than Dorticos but instead of fighting just was grabbing quite hard. in this fight the referee was the guy more involved in the fight and doing a good job. Almost at the end of the fight the Tabiti’s nightmare become full reality despite his efforts to avoid such an outcome.
This fight was only good for 2 starts and may be, still too much.