Review: 2014-08-15, great performance by both boxers: Rustam Nugaev vs Denis Shafikov gets three stars. Rustam Nugaev entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 27-6-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Terence Crawford), he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced then-undefeated Alisher Rahimov, since then he has won six consecutive times.
His opponent, Denis Shafikov, has an official record of 33-1-1 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat just six months ago when he faced Miguel Vazquez in a bout valid for the IBF Lw title. Nugaev vs Shafikov is the main event of the night, IBF lightweight title eliminator. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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2014 BOXING fight – Rustam Nugaev vs Marvin Quintero – full fight Video
Review: 2014-03-07, nice and tough exchanges from the first bell: Rustam Nugaev vs Marvin Quintero is close to get four stars. Rustam Nugaev entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 26-6-1 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.30 lightweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Alisher Rahimov, since then he collected five consecutive wins and last year we rated two out of his four fights with four stars: Maicelo vs Nugaev and Nugaev vs Hernandez.
His opponent, Marvin Quintero, has an official record of 25-4-0 (21 KOs=84%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 27, 2012 when he was defeated by Miguel Vazquez in a fight valid for the IBF lightweight title (=Vazquez vs Quintero). Nugaev vs Quintero is the main event of the night. Watch the video and rate this fight!
2013 best BOXING fight – Rustam Nugaev vs Jose Hernandez – full fight Video
Review: 2013-08-09, very tough fight with some tremendous exchanges from the first round: Rustam Nugaev vs Jose Hernandez is one of the best boxing fights of 2013 and it gets four stars! This is also the second fight of the year for Nugaev in which he gets four stars after his exciting bout against Jonathan Maicelo in April. Rustam Nugaev (24-6-1, 14 KOs) entered as the No.29 lightweight in the world while Jose Hernandez (14-6-1, 6 KOs) entered as the No.82. Nugaev vs Hernandez is the main event of the night. Watch the video!
2013 best BOXING fight – Jonathan Maicelo vs Rustam Nugaev – full fight Video
Review: 2013-04-05, high pace, tough fight and a spectacular finish: Jonathan Maicelo vs Rustam Nugaev is very close to get four stars is one of the best boxing fights of 2013 thanks to a great performance by both fighters, four stars! (We had rated this fight three stars but after watching it again we have changed our rating – June 11, 2013). The undefeated Jonathan Maicelo ranked as the No.25 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 19-0-0 while Rustam Nugaev had a record of 22-6-1 (Nugaev is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 2, 2011 when he defeated Shavkat Madaminov). Maicelo vs Nugaev is valid for the vacant USBA lightweight title. Watch the video!