Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-28, great performance by both boxers: Carl Frampton vs Leo Santa Cruz 2 is close to get four stars!
The undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Carl Frampton entered this fight with a perfect record of 23-0-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world while his opponent, the former world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz, has an official boxing record of 32-1-1 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. In their previous fight Frampton defeated Leo Santa Cruz via majority decision (=Santa Cruz vs Frampton I); before this bout Carl had beat Scott Quigg (=Frampton vs Quigg) while Santa Cruz had won over Kiko Martinez (Fight of the Year 2016 candidate, Santa Cruz vs Martinez). Leo Santa Cruz vs Carl Frampton 2 is valid for the WBA and WBC Diamond featherweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-25, close fight and good pace: Wanheng Menayothin vs Melvin Jerusalem gets three stars.
Both undefeated, the Wbc champion Wanheng Menayothin (also known as Chayaphon Moonsri) entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 44-0-0 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 minimumweight in the world while his opponent, Melvin Jerusalem, has an official record of 11-0-0 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. Menayothin fought four times last year beating Go Odaira (=Menayothin vs Odaira), Edo Anggoro, Saul Juarez (=Menayothin vs Juarez) and Silem Serang while Jerusalem fought three times winning over Florante Condes, Jonathan Refugio and Fabio Marfa. Wanheng Menayothin vs Melvin Jerusalem is valid for the WBC World minimumweight title (Menayothin’s sixth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-14, close and tough fight with an exciting finish: Badou Jack vs James DeGale is one of the best boxing fights of 2017 and it gets four stars!
The 2008 Olympic middleweight gold medalist and Ibf world champion James DeGale entered this fight with a boxing record of 23-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Gilberto Ramirez). His only loss occurred when he faced George Groves in 2011 (via split decision, Groves vs DeGale), since then he has won 13 consecutive bouts defeating Andre Dirrell (=DeGale vs Dirrell), Lucian Bute (=DeGale vs Bute) and Rogelio Medina in his last three (=DeGale vs Medina).
His opponent, the Wbc super-Mw champion Badou Jack, has an official record of 20-1-2 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Derek Edwards in 2014, after this bout he has collected four victories and one draw, with Lucian Bute (=Jack vs Bute); before this fight he had won over George Groves (=Groves vs Jack). James DeGale vs Badou Jack is valid for the WBC and IBF World super middleweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, fight not so exciting between Jezreel Corrales and Takashi Uchiyama 2: it gets two stars.
The Wba super-Fw champion Jezreel Corrales entered this fight with a professional record of 20-1-0 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Vasyl Lomachenko). He suffered his only loss when he faced Jhonatan Arenas in 2009, since then he has collected 19 victories and one no-contest.
His opponent, the former world champion in two different weight classes Takashi Uchiyama, has a boxing record of 24-1-1 (20 KOs=83%) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class but he comes off the loss against Jezreel Corrales in their first bout (=Uchiyama vs Corrales I). ‘El Invisible’ Corrales vs Uchiyama 2 is valid for the WBA Super World super featherweight title (Corrales’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, close fight but not so exciting: Jonathan Guzman vs Yukinori Oguni gets two stars.
The undefeated Ibf super-Bw champion Jonathan Guzman entered this fight with a perfect record of 22-0-0 (22 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux). He has fought twice in 2016 winning over Daniel Rosas and Shingo Wake (=Wake vs Guzman).
His opponent, Yukinori Oguni, has a boxing record of 18-1-1 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.5 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Shingo Wake in 2013, since then he has collected eight wins and one draw. Guzman vs Oguni is valid for the IBF World super bantamweight title (Guzman’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-30, good fight between Naoya Inoue and Kohei Kono: it gets three stars.
The undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Naoya Inoue entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 11-0-0 (9 KOs=82%) and he is ranked as the No.4 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Roman Gonzalez). He has fought twice in 2016 winning over David Carmona (=Inoue vs Carmona) and Karoon Jarupianlerd (also known as Petchbarngborn Kokietgym, Inoue vs Jarupianlerd).
His opponent, the former WBA super-Flw champion Kohei Kono, has an official record of 32-9-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class. He has also fought twice in 2016 beating Inthanon Sithchamuang (=Kono vs Sithchamuang) and losing to Luis Concepcion (=Concepcion vs Kono). Inoue vs Kono is valid for the WBO World super flyweight title (held by Inoue). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, pretty good fight between Bernard Hopkins and Joe Smith Jr: it gets three stars.
The former world champion in two different weight classes Bernard Hopkins (he is 51 years old, 24 years older than Smith) entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 55-7-2 (32 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 8, 2014 when he was defeated by Sergey Kovalev (=Hopkins vs Kovalev). Before this bout, when he was 49 years old, he had won his last world title against Beibut Shumenov (=Hopkins vs Shumenov).
His opponent, Joe Smith Jr, has a record of 22-1-0 (18 KOs=82%) and he entered as the No.7 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Andre Ward). He suffered his only loss when he faced Eddie Caminero in 2010, since then he has collected 16 consecutive victories beating Fabiano Pena and Andrzej Fonfara in 2016 (=Fonfara vs Smith). Hopkins vs Smith is valid for the WBC International light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-17, spectacular finish between Alexander Povetkin and Johann Duhaupas: it is very close to get four stars!
The 2004 Olympic super-heavyweight gold medalist and former Wba Hw champion Alexander Povetkin entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 30-1-0 (22 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since November 4, 2015 when he defeated Mariusz Wach (=Povetkin vs Wach). Povetkin’s only loss occurred when he faced Wladimir Klitschko in 2013 (=Klitschko vs Povetkin).
His opponent, Johann Duhaupas, has an official record of 34-3-0 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Luis Ortiz). He lost to Deontay Wilder last year (=Wilder vs Duhaupas) but he came back to win in 2016 beating Marcelo Luiz Nascimento and Robert Helenius (=Helenius vs Duhaupas). On the original fight card Povetkin was expected to face Bermane Stiverne for the interim Wbc heavyweight title but Stiverne refused to fight the Russian after failed drug test (it’s the second time Povetkin was caught after the fight scheduled in May Wilder vs Povetkin). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-10, good performance by both boxers: Abner Mares vs Jesus Cuellar gets three stars.
The Wba Fw champion Jesus Marcelo Andres Cuellar entered this fight with a professional record of 28-1-0 (21 KOs=75%) while his opponent, the former world champion in three different weight classes Abner Mares, has a boxing record of 29-2-1 (15 knockouts). Both boxers are not ranked as they haven’t fought for more than one year: Cuellar fought twice in 2015 beating Vic Darchinyan (=Cuellar vs Darchinyan) and Jonathan Oquendo (=Cuellar vs Oquendo) while Mares defeated Arturo Santos Reyes
(=Mares vs Reyes) but then he lost to Leo Santa Cruz (=Santa Cruz vs Mares). ‘El Jinete’ Cuellar vs Mares is valid for the WBA World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-10, pretty good fight between Terence Crawford and John Molina Jr: it gets three stars.
The undefeated Wbc and Wbo light-Ww champion Terence Crawford entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 29-0-0 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super lightweight in the world. He has fought twice in 2016 beating Henry Lundy (=Crawford vs Lundy) and Viktor Postol (=Crawford vs Postol).
His opponent, John Molina Jr, has a record of 29-6-0 (23 KOs=79%) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He suffered three consecutive losses between 2014 and 2015, the last one against Adrien Broner (=Broner vs Molina Jr), but then he has won over Jorge Romero and Ruslan Provodnikov (=Provodnikov vs Molina). Crawford vs Molina is valid for the WBC and WBO World super lightweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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