Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-09-03, very disappointing bare knuckle match: Buakaw Banchamek vs Erkan Varol gets one star (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Varol vs Buakaw is scheduled to take place Saturday, September 3rd, at the Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok (Thailand), in a 5-round middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg) bout; it is the main event of ‘BKFC Thailand 3: Moment of Truth’ (Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-05-09, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Mike Zambidis vs Erkan Varol gets two stars.Mike Zambidis entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 154-22-0 (87 knockouts) but he suffered two consecutive defeats in 2014, against Xu Yan (=Zambidis vs Xu Yan) and Batu Khasikov (=Zambidis vs Khasikov 2). After losing he came back to win in 2015 with Harun Kina (=Zambidis vs Kina 2).
His opponent, Erkan Varol, has an official record of 86-15-0 (45 knockouts) but he won just one out of his last six bouts, against Reyad Hamza. In his last two fights Varol lost to Giorgio Petrosyan (=Petrosyan vs Varol) and Enriko Kehl (=Kehl vs Varol 2). Zambidis vs Varol is the main event of Iron Challenge 2015 Cyprus. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-28, good fight between Enriko Kehl and Erkan Varol: it gets three stars.Enriko Kehl entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 37-7-1 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super welterweight in the world; he suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Dzhabar Askerov, since then he has won five consecutive bouts winning the 2014 K-1 World Max tournament against Buakaw Banchamek (the Thai refused to fight the extra-round in the final, Buakaw vs Kehl 2). After this bout Kehl beat Abdoul Toure.
His opponent, Erkan Varol, has a record of 86-15-0 (45 knockouts) and he comes off the loss against Giorgio Petrosyan suffered just one month ago (=Petrosyan vs Varol). In their first bout Kehl defeated Varol by unanimous decision (June 15, 2013); this second fight is on the undercard of Zabit Samedov vs Mert Akin – Akin Dovus Arenasi. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-01-24, technical fight but not so exciting: Giorgio Petrosyan vs Erkan Varol gets two stars.The former Glory and K-1 World MAX champion Giorgio Petrosyan entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 76-2-2 (35 knockouts) but he is not ranked as ‘The Doctor’ hasn’t fought since November 23, 2013 when he suffered his second defeat of his career during the semifinal of the Glory lightweight tournament against Andy Ristie (=Petrosyan vs Andy Ristie, in this fight the Italian broke his left hand) who then won also the final against Robin van Roosmalen (=Roosmalen vs Ristie).
His opponent, Erkan Varol, has an official record of 86-14-0 (45 knockouts) but he lost four out of his last six fights: against Albert Kraus, Marco Pique, Jamnian Srikam and Stelios Papadoloulos (his last bout) while he defeated Nikos Kontgiannis and Reyad Hamza. Petrosyan vs Varol is the main event of Thai Boxe Mania 2015. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2012-02-04, great fight between Erkan Varol and Chingiz Allazov: three stars (fight ended by unanimous decision). Erkan Varol entered the fight with a record of 75-2-1 while the undefeated Chingiz Allazov had a record of 11-0-0. Varol vs Allazov is on the undercard of Artur Kyshenko vs Roberto Cocco (Thai Boxe Mania 2012). Watch the video!
