Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-07-07, good kickboxing match: Buakaw Banchamek vs Stoyan Koprivlenski gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Kickboxing Fights of 2024).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-03-22, spectacular finish between Minoru Kimura and Eder Lopes: this is one of the best kickboxing fights of the year 2020 and it gets four stars!The 2018 Krush 67.5kg champion Kimura Philip Minoru entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 33-9-1 (26 KOs=79%) while his opponent, the WKA world Mw champ Eder Lopes, has an official record of 19-6-0 (3 knockouts). Kimura lost to Jordann Pikeur in 2018 but then he has won seven consecutive fights beating Jordan Valdinocci and Marcel Adeyemi in his last two of 2019. Kimura vs Lopes is the semi-final of the K-1 World GP 2020 -70kg tournament, in the quarter-finals Minoru beat Kaito while Eder defeated Jinbo Katsuya; undercard of Takeru vs Petchdam Petchkiatpetch – K-1 K’Festa 3. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-03-22, close fight but not so exciting: Takei Yoshiki vs Dansiam Ayothaya Fight Gym gets two stars.The K-1 world super-Bw champion Yoshiki Takei entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 22-2-0 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world while his opponent, Dansiam Ayothaya Fight Gym, has a record of 76-23-3 (7 knockouts). Takei lost two consecutive bouts in 2015, against Tenma Sano and Haruma Saikyo (both via majority decision), but then he has won 21 fights beating Shuhei Kumura, Masashi Kumura and Suriyanlek Aor.Bor.Tor. Kampee in his last three. Dansiam is on the undercard of Takeru vs Petchdam Petchkiatpetch – K-1 K’Festa 3. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-03-22, pretty good fight between Takeru and Petchdam Petchkiatpetch: it gets three stars. Moreover this match was ranked in the ‘Top 5 Kickboxing Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).The K-1 world champion in three different weight classes Takeru Segawa entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 38-1-0 (22 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world while his opponent, the former BBTV Channel 7 Stadium Fw champ Petchdam Petchkiatpetch, has an official record of 92-46-2 (15 knockouts). Takeru’s only loss occurred when he faced Kyotani Yuki in 2012, but it was a doctor stoppage technical decision, since then he has won 33 consecutive bouts defeating Koji (Takeru vs Koji), Yodkitsada Yuthachonburi and Yuta Murakoshi in his last three. Takeru vs Petchdam is the main event of K-1 K’Festa 3. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-08-24, amazing pace with some tremendous exchanges especially in the second part of the bout: Kouzi vs Tatsuya Oiwa is one of the best kickboxing fights of 2019 and it gets four stars!The formr ISKA Lw world champion Kouzi entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 26-13-0 (9 knockouts); he lost to Takeru at the end of 2018 (4-stars fight, Takeru vs Koji) but he came back to win against Jan Szajko in 2019.
His opponent, Tatsuya Oiwa, has an official record of 17-5-0 (6 knockouts); he had also suffered his last defeat in December 2018, with Kotaro Shimano but then he has won over Kyohei Hayashi and Ryusei Ashizawa. Kouzi vs Oiwa is the main event of K-1 World GP 2019 Japan. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-08, tremendous exchanges between two Japanese warriors in a high pace fight: Takeru vs Koji is one of the best kickboxing fights of 2018 and it gets four stars! The K-1 world champion in three different weight classes Takeru Segawa entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 35-1-0 (21 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. His only loss occurred when he faced Kyotani Yuki in 2012, but it was a doctor stoppage technical decision, since then he has won 30 consecutive bouts defeating Stauros Exakoustidis, Masanobu Goshyu, Kosuke Komiyama and Daniel Puertas Gallardo in 2018.
His opponent, the former Iska Lw champ Koji (also known as Kouzi), has an official record of 25-12-0 (9 knockouts) and he has already fought three times in 2018 beating Hirotaka Urabe and Stauros Exakoustidis but between these two fights he lost to Kosuke Komiyama. Takeru vs Koji, main event of K-1 WGP 2018 Japan, is valid for the K-1 super featherweight title (Takeru’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-21, pretty good finish between Kaew Fairtex and Hiramoto Ren: it gets three stars.The former Lumpinee, Wbc, Wpmf and K-1 world champion Kaew Fairtex (also known as Kaew Weerasakreck) entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 142-32-4 (45 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super lightweight in the world. He fought four times last year losing once, against Masaaki Noiri (Kaew Fairtex vs Masaaki Noiri 2), after this bout he defeated Liu Wei.
His opponent, Ren Hiramoto, has an official record of 9-4-0 (4 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He fought five times in 2017 losing just the final of the K-1 World GP 2017 lightweight tournament, against Wei Rui; after this fight he beat Umar Paskhaev and Daizo Sasaki. Kaew vs Hiramoto, super lightweight fight of K-1 K Festa 1. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-21, nice exchanges between Chingiz Allazov and Hinata Watanabe : it gets three stars.The former Wako-Pro and current K-1 super-Ww world champion Chingiz Allazov entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 53-2-0 (32 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 super welterweight in the world. ‘Chinga’ Allazov suffered two consecutive losses between 2013 and 2014, against Marat Grigorian (Allazov vs Grigorian) and Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, but then he has won 26 consecutive bouts beating Dzhabar Askerov, Cedric Manhoef and Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee in his last three (Chingiz Allazov vs Sudsakorn Sor Klinmee).
His opponent, Hinata Watanabe , has an official record of 45-17-1 (15 knockouts) and he fought four times in 2017 losing once, with Jordan Pikeur, after this bout he beat Sergio Sanchez and Hirono Yu. Allazov vs Hinata is valid for the K-1 super welterweight championship title (Allazov’s first defense) – K-1 K’Festa 1. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-06-18, nice back and forth fight between Chingiz Allazov and Yasuhiro Kido: it gets three stars.The Wako-Pro world champion Chingiz Allazov entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 48-2-0 (30 knockouts) while his opponent, the Krush super-Ww champion Yasuhiro Kido, has an official record of 39-18-1 (17 knockouts). ‘Chinga’ Allazov suffered two consecutive losses between 2013 and 2014, against Marat Grigorian (=Allazov vs Grigorian) and Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong, but then he has won 20 consecutive bouts beating Karim Allous (4-stars fight, Allazov vs Allouss), Mohamed Hendouf and Saiyok Pumpanmuang in 2017 while Kido fought three times in 2016 defeating Zhao Shuai and Daiki Watabe but then he lost to Sanny Dahlbeck. Chingiz Allazov vs Yasuhiro Kido is the final of the “K-1 World GP 2017 -70kg super welterweight tournament”, in the quarter-finals and semi-finals Allazov beat Hiroki Nakajima and Jordann Pikeur while Kido won over Luke Whelan and Sanny Dahlbeck; undercard of Kaew Fairtex vs Masaaki Noiri 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-06-18, great fight between Wei Rui and Gonnapar Weerasakreck: it gets three stars.The current K-1 Lw champion Wei Rui entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 45-2-0 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 lightweight in the world while his opponent, the former WPMF super-Lw champion Gonnapar Weerasakreck, has a record of 98-27-3 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. Wei Rui suffered his last loss when he faced Kaiwanlek Tor Laksong in 2014, since then he has won 29 consecutive bouts taking revenge on Kaiwanlek last year and beating Narongwut Kaeongam in his last one. Wei Rui vs Gonnapar Weerasakreck is valid for the K-1 -62.5kg title; undercard of Kaew Fairtex vs Masaaki Noiri 2 – K-1 World GP 2017. Watch the video and rate this fight!
