Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-23, nice and tough kickboxing match: Buakaw Banchamek vs Minoru Kimura gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Kickboxing Fights of 2024).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-31, great fight between Tenshin Nasukawa and Kumandoi Petcharoenvit: it gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the best kickboxing fights of 2020).
The undefeated black belt in karate and former ISKA world champion Tenshin Nasukawa entered this fight with a perfect kickboxing record of 39-0-0 (30 KOs=77%) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. He has already fought three times in 2020 winning over Yuki Kasahara, Kouzi (Tenshin Nasukawa vs Kouzi Koji) and Yuki; at the end of 2018 he had also faced Floyd Mayweather Jr in a boxing exhibition fight (Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Tenshin Nasukawa).
His opponent, the former Omnoi and Wbc Muay Thai champ Kumandoi Petcharoenvit, has an official record of 122-28-0 and he entered as the No.4 featherweight but he lost two out of his last three bouts, both against Saoek Sitchefboontham; between the two losses he beat Petchsuntri Jitmuangnon. Kumandoi vs Tenshin is on the undercard of Kai Asakura vs Kyoji Horiguchi – Rizin 26. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-18, great finish but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Roman Kryklia vs Andrei Stoica gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the best kickboxing fights of 2020).
The ONE Kickboxing and Kunlun Fight Hw tournament champion Roman Kryklia entered this fight with a professional kickboxing record of 45-7-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 heavyweight in the world. He lost to Iraj Azizpour in 2018 but then he has won nine consecutive bouts taking revenge of Azizpour in February 2019 and beating Tarik Khbabez in November of the same year.
His opponent, the former SuperKombat super-cruiserweight champ Andrei Stoica, has an official record of 52-12-0 (29 knockouts). He lost to Tarik Khbabez last year but then he has won over Ibrahim El Bouni, Anderson Silva and Pavel Voronin. Stoica vs Kryklia, main event of “ONE Championship: Collision Course”, is valid for the ONE Kickboxing light-heavyweight title (Kryklia’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-11, good exchanges between Nieky Holzken and Elliot Compton: 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 former Glory Ww champion Nieky Holzken entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 92-16-0 (56 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 light heavyweight in the world but he comes off two consecutive losses, both against Regian Eersel (Regian Eersel vs Nieky Holzken 2); before these two bouts, between 2018 and 2019, he had beat Cosmo Alexandre (Nieky Holzken vs Cosmo Alexandre 2) and Mustapha Haida (Nieky Holzken vs Mustapha Haida).
His opponent, Elliot Compton, has an official record of 46-13-0 and he comes off the loss against Anthony Njokuani. Compton vs Holzken is on the undercard of Taiki Naito vs Jonathan Haggerty – ONE Championship: Big Bang 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-09-27, good fight between Tenshin Nasukawa and Kouzi: it gets three stars. Moreover this match was named ‘Kickboxing Fight of the Year 2020’ by our users (check out the full ranking here, 2020 Kickboxing Fans Ranking).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-08-15, some good shots between Dzhabar Askerov and Liu Mingzhi but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.Dzhabar Askerov entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 86-31-1 (42 knockouts) while his opponent, Liu Mingzhi, has a record of 14-4-0. Askerov vs Mingzhi is the final of the Battle in Sochi -70kg 4 man tournament – Kunlun Fight 29. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-08-04, disappointing fight between Jerome Le Banner and Karl Roberson: it gets two stars.The 42-year-old Jerome Le Banner (18 years older than Roberson) entered this fight with a kickboxing record of 80-22-2 (65 KOs=81%) and he is ranked as the No.16 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, Karl Roberson (who replaces Maurice Jackson), is just at his 3rd professional fight! ‘Geronimo’ Le Banner suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Sergei Kharitonov (=Le Banner vs Kharitonov), since then he has won three bouts beating Claudiu Istrate in his last fight (=Le Banner vs Istrate). Le Banner vs Roberson, main event of Fight Night Saint Tropez III, is valid for the WKN Kickboxing World Super Heavyweight title and it is Le Banner’s retirement fight. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-11, good pace, nice exchanges and one of the best knockouts of 2015: Andy Souwer vs Hideya Tanaka it’s the first kickboxing fight of the year 2015 to get four stars.The 2005 and 2007 K-1 World MAX Champion Andy Souwer entered this fight with a pro kickboxing record of 155-17-1 (97 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 super welterweight in the world, he has already fought twice in 2015 beating Jiao Fukai, semifinal of the Kunlun 4-man tournament (=Souwer vs Fukai), but then he lost the final against Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong (=Souwer vs Sitthichai).
His opponent, the 2013 WPMF Japan welterweight champion Hideya Tanaka, has an official record of 21-6-1 (5 knockouts) and this fight should be his last professional bout. Souwer vs Tanaka was the co-main event of No Kick No Life 2015. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2013-08-04, disappointing fight between Jerome Le Banner and Vitali Akhramenko, it seems almost a fake bout… Jerome Le Banner ranked as the No.19 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 76-21-2 while Vitali Akhramenko had a record of 44-9-1 (Akhramenko is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 26, 2011 when he defeated Freddy Kemayo). In their first fight Le Banner defeated Akhramenko by ko (June 14, 2003 – K-1 WGP 2003 in Paris); this second fight, main event of “Fight Night Saint Tropez”, is valid for the WKN Kickboxing World super heavyweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-04-28, good fight between Jerome Le Banner and Arnold Oborotov: three stars (fight ended by decision). Jerome Le Banner (72-21-1) entered as the No.17 heavyweight in the world while Arnold Oborotov (25-3-0) entered as the No.13 cruiserweight. Le Banner vs Oborotov is valid for the WKN Kickboxing World Super Heavyweight title; main event of “Le Banner Series Acte 1”. Watch the video!
