The undefeated Olympian Nordine Oubaali entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 13-0-0 (10 KOs=77%) and he is ranked as the No.10 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jamie McDonnell). He fought twice last year defeating Alejandro Hernandez (Oubaali vs Hernandez) and Mark Anthony Geraldo (Nordine Oubaali vs Mark Anthony Geraldo).
His opponent, Luis Melendez, has an official record of 47-11-1 (34 knockouts) and he entered as the No.67 super bantamweight but he comes off the loss against Lodumo Lamati in 2017; before this bout, in 2016, he had beat Hugo Berrio and Jose Sanmartin. Oubaali vs Melendez is on the undercard of Tony Yoka vs Cyril Leonet. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-04-07
Where: Dome de Paris-Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Division: bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg)
Oubaali’s previous fight: Nordine Oubaali vs Mark Anthony Geraldo
Oubaali’s next fight: Rau’shee Warren vs Nordine Oubaali
Oubaali vs Melendez full fight video:
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Good fight but short one. In spite of being a strong puncher Oubaali is technically good too and posses very quick hands. A bright future in front of him.