Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-12-26, good boxing match: Naoya Inoue vs Marlon Tapales gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-04-08, close fight but not so exciting: Murodjon Akhmadaliev vs Marlon Tapales gets two stars.
Tapales vs Akhmadaliev is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 8th, at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio (Texas, USA), in a 12-round super bantamweight (122 lbs, 55.3 kg) bout; it is valid for the IBF and WBA World super-bantamweight titles and it is on the undercard of Jesse Rodriguez vs Cristian Gonzalez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-07, some good exchanges between Marlon Tapales and Ryosuke Iwasa but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Wbo Bw champion Marlon Tapales entered this fight with a boxing record of 33-2-0 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Emanuel Navarrete). He suffered his last loss when he faced David Sanchez in 2013, since then he has won 12 consecutive bouts beating Fernando Vargas Parra and Roberto Castaneda in 2019.
His opponent, the former Ibf super-Bw champ Ryosuke Iwasa, has an official record of 26-3-0 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He was defeated by TJ Doheny last year (Ryosuke Iwasa vs TJ Doheny) but he came back to win against Cesar Juarez in 2019 (Ryosuke Iwasa vs Cesar Juarez). Tapales vs Iwasa is valid for the interim IBF World super bantamweight title; undercard of Jermall Charlo vs Dennis Hogan. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-04-23, fight not particularly good between Marlon Tapales and Shohei Omori 2: it gets two stars.The Wbo Bw champion Marlon Tapales entered this fight with a pro record of 29-2-0 (12 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux). He suffered his last loss when he faced David Sanchez in 2013, since then he has won eight consecutive bouts beating Pungluang Sor Singyu in 2016 (=Sor Singyu vs Tapales).
His opponent, Shohei Omori, has a boxing record of 18-1-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 bantamweight. He lost to Tapales in their first fight in 2015 (=Omori vs Tapales I) but then he has won over Espinos Sabu, Edgar Jimenez and Rocky Fuentes. Marlon Tapales vs Shohei Omori 2 was valid for the WBO World bantamweight title but Tapales fails to make weight so the belt only at stake for the Japanese; undercard of Kazuto Ioka vs Noknoi Sitthiprasert. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-27, pretty good fight between Pungluang Sor Singyu and Marlon Tapales: it gets three stars.The Wbo champion Pungluang Sor Singyu entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 52-3-0 (35 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Shinsuke Yamanaka). He suffered his last loss when he faced Tomoki Kameda in 2014, after this bout he has collected six consecutive victories beating Jetro Pabustan in 2016 (=Sor Singyu vs Pabustan).
His opponent, Marlon Tapales, has an official record of 28-2-0 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He lost to David Sanchez in 2013 but since then he has won seven fights defeating Jecker Buhawe and Shohei Omori in 2015 (=Omori vs Tapales). Singyu vs Tapales is valid for the WBO World bantamweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-16, pretty good fight between Shohei Omori and Marlon Tapales: it gets three stars.The undefeated Shohei Omori entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 15-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Shinsuke Yamanaka). He has already fought twice in 2015 beating Kentaro Masuda and Hirofumi Mukai.
His opponent, Marlon Tapales, has an official record of 28-2-0 (11 knockouts) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss in 2013 when he faced David Sanchez, since then he has won six consecutive bouts. Omori vs Tapales, WBO bantamweight title eliminator, is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
