Best fights of the week 47, year 2017

Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 47: (Mon-Sun) from November 20, 2017 to November 26, 2017.   Boxing Fight of the Week: Julio Ceja vs Breilor Teran Boxing T-Knockout of the Week: Sergey Kovalev vs Shabranskyy   Mma Fight of the … Read more

2017 BOXING fight – Julio Ceja vs Breilor Teran – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, nice and tough exchanges between Julio Ceja and Breilor Teran: it gets three stars.

The former Wbc super-Bw champion Julio Ceja entered this fight with a professional record of 31-2-0 (28 KOs=90%) and he is ranked as the No.6 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux). Between 2015 and 2016 he faced twice Hugo Ruiz: in their first fight ‘Pollito’ Ceja had beat Ruiz (=Ceja vs Ruiz I) while in their rematch he was defeated (=Ceja vs Ruiz II); after this bout Ceja has beat Anselmo Moreno (=Moreno vs Ceja).
His opponent, Breilor Teran, has a boxing record of 20-14-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.34 in the same weight class. He lost to Omar Narvaez last year (=Narvaez vs Teran) but then he has won five bouts beating Jeffrey Quintero in his last one. Ceja vs Teran is valid for the WBC Silver super bantamweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 BOXING fight – Sergey Kovalev vs Shabranskyy – full fight Video WBO

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, good fight between Sergey Kovalev and Vyacheslav Shabranskyy: it gets three stars.

The former WBA, IBF and WBO light-Hw champion Sergey Kovalev entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 30-2-1 (26 KOs=87%) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Adonis Stevenson) but he comes off two consecutive losses, both with Andre Ward (Kovalev vs Ward I and Ward vs Kovalev II). Before losing to Ward, “Krusher” Kovalev fought twice in 2016 beating Jean Pascal (=Kovalev vs Pascal 2) and Isaac Chilemba (=Kovalev vs Chilemba).
His opponent, Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, has an official record of 19-1-0 (16 KOs=84%) and he entered as the No.17 in the same weight class. He lost to Sullivan Barrera in 2016 (=Shabranskyy vs Barrera) but then he has won over Larry Pryor and Todd Unthank May. Kovalev vs Shabranskyy is valid for the vacant IBA and WBO World light heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 BOXING fight – Sullivan Barrera vs Felix Valera – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, some good exchanges between Sullivan Barrera and Felix Valera but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Sullivan Barrera entered this fight with a boxing record of 20-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Adonis Stevenson). He lost to former #1 Andre Ward last year (=Ward vs Barrera) but then he has beat Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (=Shabranskyy vs Barrera), Paul Parker (=Barrera vs Parker) and Joe Smith Jr (=Smith Jr vs Barrera).
His opponent, the former interim Wba light-Hw champion Felix Valera, has an official record of 15-1-0 (13 KOs=87%) and he entered as the No.50 in the same weight class. He also lost once in 2016, against Dmitry Bivol (=Bivol vs Valera), but then he has won over Gusmyr Perdomo and Andy Perez. Barrera vs Valera is on the undercard of Sergey Kovalev vs Vyacheslav Shabranskyy. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 BOXING fight – Jason Sosa vs Yuriorkis Gamboa – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, fight not so exciting between Yuriorkis Gamboa and Jason Sosa: it gets two stars.

The former Wba super-Fw champion Jason Sosa entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 20-2-4 (15 KOs=75%) and he is ranked as the No.6 super featherweight in the world but he comes off the loss against #1 Vasyl Lomachenko (=Lomachenko vs Sosa). Before this bout, in 2016, he had beat Javier Fortuna (=Fortuna vs Sosa) and Stephen Smith (=Sosa vs Smith).
His opponent, the 2004 Olympic flyweight gold medalist and former IBF and Wba Fw champion Yuriorkis Gamboa, has a record of 27-2-0 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.36 in the same weight class. He has already fought three times in 2017 beating Rene Alvarado (=Gamboa vs Alvarado) and Alexis Reyes (=Gamboa vs Reyes) but between these two bouts he lost to Robinson Castellanos (=Gamboa vs Castellanos). Gamboa vs Sosa is on the undercard of Sergey Kovalev vs Vyacheslav Shabranskyy. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Manuel Charr vs Alexander Ustinov full fight Video WBA – 2017

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, fight not particularly good between Manuel Charr and Alexander Ustinov: it gets two stars.

Manuel Charr entered this fight with a professional record of 30-4-0 (17 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 17, 2016 when he defeated Sefer Seferi. Before this bout he had also beat Andrei Mazanik but in 2015 he had lost to Mairis Briedis (=Charr vs Briedis).
His opponent, Alexander Ustinov, has a boxing record of 34-1-0 (25 knockouts) and he entered as the No.39 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Kubrat Pulev in 2012 (=Pulev vs Ustinov); since then he has won seven consecutive bouts beating Raphael Zumbano Love in 2017. Charr vs Ustinov is valid for the vacant WBA World heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 BOXING fight – Mark Magsayo vs Shota Hayashi – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, pretty good fight between Mark Magsayo and Shota Hayashi: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Mark Magsayo entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 17-0-0 (13 KOs=76%) and he is ranked as the No.21 featherweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2017 winning over Issa Nampepeche and Daniel Diaz.
His opponent, Shota Hayashi, has an official record of 30-6-1 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.45 in the same weight class. He has also fought twice in 2017 losing to Kosuke Saka and beating Markquil Salvana. Magsayo vs Hayashi is valid for the WBO International featherweight title – Pinoy Pride 43. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 BOXING fight – Wanheng Menayothin vs Tatsuya Fukuhara – full fight Video WBC

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, close fight with some nice exchanges: Wanheng Menayothin vs Tatsuya Fukuhara gets three stars.

The undefeated Wbc champion Wanheng Menayothin (also known as Chayaphon Moonsri) entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 48-0-0 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 minimumweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Knockout CP Freshmart). He has already fought four times in 2017 beating Melvin Jerusalem (=Menayothin vs Jerusalem), Jaysever Abcede, Omari Kimweri (=Menayothin vs Kimweri) and Jack Amisa.
His opponent, Tatsuya Fukuhara, has an official record of 19-5-6 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2017 defeating Moises Calleros (4-stars fight, Calleros vs Fukuhara) and losing to Ryuya Yamanaka (=Fukuhara vs Yamanaka). Menayothin vs Fukuhara is valid for the WBC World minimumweight title (Menayothin’s eighth defense); they also faced each other a second time on May 31, 2019 (Wanheng Menayothin vs Tatsuya Fukuhara 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!

Michael Bisping vs Kelvin Gastelum full fight Video UFC FN 122 – 2017

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, good finish between Michael Bisping and Kelvin Gastelum: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).

The former Ufc Mw champion Michael Bisping (who replaces Anderson Silva) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 30-8-0 (67% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.5 middleweight in the world. In 2006 he had won over Anderson Silva (=Silva vs Bisping), Luke Rockhold (=Rockhold vs Bisping 2) and Dan Henderson (=Bisping vs Henderson 2) but in his last bout, occurred just 21 days ago, he has been defeated by current #1 Ufc Mw champion Georges St Pierre (=Bisping vs St Pierre).
His opponent, the Tuf 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum, has a record of 13-3-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.14 in the same weight class. He has already fought twice in 2017 beating Vitor Belfort (then overturned in a no-contest after he tested positive for marijuana – Belfort vs Gastelum) and losing to Chris Weidman (=Weidman vs Gastelum). Gastelum vs Bisping is the main event of UFC Fight Night 122. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2017 MMA fight – Alex Caceres vs Guan Wang – fight Video UFC FN 122

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-11-25, some good single shots between Alex Caceres and Guan Wang but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Alex Caceres entered this fight with a professional record of 13-10-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.75 featherweight in the world but he lost two out of his last three bouts: against Yair Rodriguez (=Rodriguez vs Caceres) and Jason Knight (=Knight vs Caceres); after this fight he has beat Rolando Dy.
His opponent, Guan Wang, has a mma record of 16-1-1 (75% finishing rate) and he suffered his only loss when he faced Bekbulat Magomedov in 2013, since then he has won four fights. Caceres vs Wang Guan is on the undercard of Michael Bisping vs Kelvin Gastelum – UFC Fight Night 122. Watch the video and rate this fight!