Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-12-17, good boxing match: Vladimir Shishkin vs Jose Uzcategui gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Uzcategui vs Shishkin is scheduled to take place Saturday, December 17th, at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in a 12-round super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Michel Rivera vs Frank Martin. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-13, some good rounds but it is not enough to get three stars: Jose Uzcategui vs Caleb Plant gets two.The Ibf super-Mw champion Jose Uzcategui entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 28-2-0 (23 KOs=82%) and he is ranked as the No.8 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Callum Smith). Between 2017 and 2018 he faced twice Andre Dirrell losing the first bout (via disqualification since Jose hit the American after the bell but ‘Bolivita’ was ahead on points, Andre Dirrell vs Jose Uzcategui I) but then he has won the rematch (Andre Dirrell vs Jose Uzcategui II); after this bout he has also beat Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna (Jose Uzcategui vs Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna).
His opponent, the undefeated Caleb Plant, has a perfect record of 17-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.33 in the same weight class. In his last three fights he has won over Thomas Awimbono, Andrew Hernandez and Rogelio Medina. Uzcategui vs Plant is valid for the IBF World super middleweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-28, fight not so exciting between Jose Uzcategui and Ezequiel Maderna: it gets two stars.The Ibf super-Mw champion Jose Uzcategui entered this fight with a pro record of 27-2-0 (23 KOs=85%) and he is ranked as the No.6 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is George Groves). Between 2017 and 2018 he has faced twice Andre Dirrell losing the first bout (via disqualification since Jose hit the American after the bell but ‘Bolivita’ was ahead on points, Andre Dirrell vs Jose Uzcategui I) but then he has won the rematch (Andre Dirrell vs Jose Uzcategui II).
His opponent, the former Olympian Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna, has an official boxing record of 26-4-0 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.43 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Martin Fidel Rios in 2017 (via split decision) but then he has beat Jorge Daniel Caraballo and he has taken revenge on Rios. Uzcategui vs Maderna is on the undercard of Jerwin Ancajas vs Alejandro Santiago Barrios. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-03, some good exchanges between Andre Dirrell and Jose Uzcategui 2 but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The interim Ibf super-Mw champion Andre Dirrell entered this fight with a record of 26-2-0 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is George Groves). He lost to James DeGale in 2015 (DeGale vs Dirrell) but then he has defeated Blake Caparello (Dirrell vs Caparello) and Jose Uzcategui in their first fight (via disqualification since Jose hit the American after the bell but ‘Bolivita’ was ahead on points, Andre Dirrell vs Jose Uzcategui I).
His opponent, Jose Uzcategui, has a boxing record of 26-2-0 (22 KOs=85%) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. ‘Bolivita’ Uzcategui’s only real loss occurred in 2014 when he faced Matt Korobov (Korobov vs Uzcategui), after this bout he won four bouts beating Derrick Findley and Fabiano Pena in 2016. Dirrell vs Uzcategui 2 is valid for the interim IBF World super middleweight title (Direll’s first defense); undercard of Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-20, pretty good fight between Andre Dirrell and Jose Uzcategui: it gets three stars.Andre Dirrell entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 25-2-0 (16 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 29, 2016 when he defeated Blake Caparello (=Dirrell vs Caparello); before this bout he had lost to James DeGale (=DeGale vs Dirrell).
His opponent, Jose Uzcategui, has a record of 26-1-0 (22 KOs=85%) and he entered as the No.19 super middleweight in the world. ‘Bolivita’ Uzcategui suffered his only loss when he faced Matt Korobov in 2014 (=Korobov vs Uzcategui), since then he has won four bouts beating Derrick Findley and Fabiano Pena in 2016. Andre Dirrell vs Jose Uzcategui is valid for the interim IBF World super middleweight title; undercard of Gary Russell Jr vs Oscar Escandon. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-10-06, entertaining fight between Jose Uzcategui and Julius Jackson: it gets three stars.Jose Uzcategui entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 23-1-0 (19 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.16 super middleweight in the world. He suffered his first loss in 2014, when he faced Matt Korobov (=Korobov vs Uzcategui), but he came back to win in 2015 beating Daniel Eduardo Yocupicio.
His opponent, the undefeated Julius Jackson, has a perfect record of 19-0-0 (15 KOs=79%) and he entered as the No.66 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year winning over Crispulo Javier Andino and Jonathan Nelson. ‘Bolivita’ Uzcategui vs Jackson is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-28, fight not so good between Matt Korobov and Jose Uzcategui: it gets two stars. Both undefeated, the Russian Matt Korobov entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 23-0-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.15 middleweight in the world, he has already fought in 2014 beating Emil Gonzalez.
His opponent, the Venezuelan Jose Uzcategui, has an official record of 22-0-0 (18 KOs=82%) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class, he has fought in 2014 as well defeating David Alonso Lopez in a fight valid for the vacant WBO Latino Mw title. Korobov vs Uzcategui is valid for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title; undercard of Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa. Watch the video and rate this fight!
