Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-10, nice and tough exchanges between Sergey Lipinets and Leonardo Zappavigna: it gets three stars.The undefeated Sergey Lipinets entered this fight with a perfect record of 10-0-0 (8 KOs=80%) and he is ranked as the No.11 super lightweight in the world. He has fought twice in 2016 beating Levan Ghvamichava (=Lipinets vs Ghvamichava) and Walter Castillo (=Lipinets vs Castillo).
His opponent, the former IBO Lw champion Leonardo Zappavigna, has an official boxing record of 35-2-0 (25 knockouts) and he entered as the No.25 in the same weight class. He suffered two consecutive defeats in 2011, against Miguel Vazquez and Ammeth Diaz but then he has collected 10 consecutive victories beating Ik Yang in 2016. Lipinets vs Zappavigna is on the undercard of Jesus Cuellar vs Abner Mares. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-12-10
Where: USC Galen Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Division: light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg)
Lipinets’ previous fight: Sergey Lipinets vs Walter Castillo
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Official video:
(Alternative free embeddable video hosted on Youtube)
Very good fight! I didn’t watch it live since there was so much going on Saturday night, but this one is quite entertaining and dramatic. Both fighters had their moments, but Lipinets showed he was a more skilled fighter, able to time his counterpunchs perfectlly and it paid off.
Very good bout with a very intense 5th round in which both boxers put an amazing fight with a fiery interchange of power punches. I liked very much Sergey who in spite of having low ring experience is very calm and use his jab with proficiency shooting from time to time very strong left hooks. Leonardo was very brave but has not chances since Sergey is a beast with extreme punching power. A good prospect boxer to watch closely in future bouts.
sergey has this cool hybrid of eastern european and american style