2015 BOXING fight – Lucas Matthysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-18, great battle with some very tough exchanges: Lucas Matthysse vs Ruslan Provodnikov is very close to get four stars (look at the comments if you want to see how we rate it round by round).

The former interim Wbc champion Lucas Martin Matthysse entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 36-3-0 (34 KOs=94%) and he is ranked as the No.3 super lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Terence Crawford). He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Danny Garcia (=Garcia vs Matthysse), since then he has fought twice beating John Molina Jr (The Ring magazine Fight of the Year 2014, Matthysse vs Molina) and Roberto Ortiz (=Matthysse vs Ortiz).
His opponent, Ruslan Provodnikov, has an official record of 24-3-0 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. He won the Wbo world belt in 2013 against Mike Alvarado (one of the best boxing fights of the year, Alvarado vs Provodnikov) but then he lost it at his first defense, against Chris Algieri (=Provodnikov vs Algieri); after this bout he came back to win beating Jose Luis Castillo (=Provodnikov vs Castillo). Matthysse vs Provodnikov is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Danny Garcia vs Lamont Peterson – full fight Video

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-11, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but sometimes they look like two “runners” and not two boxers…Danny Garcia vs Lamont Peterson gets two stars.

The undefeated Danny Garcia entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 29-0-0 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super lightweight in the world. He has won the Wbc world title against Erik Morales in 2012 (=Garcia vs Morales) and after four months he has also won the Wba belt with Amir Khan (=Garcia vs Khan). After defending both titles four times, the last time against Mauricio Herrera (=Garcia vs Herrera), ‘Swift’ Garcia faced and beat Rod Salka in a non-title bout (at 142-pound catchweight, Garcia vs Salka).
His opponent, the former Wba light-Ww world champion Lamont Peterson, has an official record of 33-2-1 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Lucas Matthysse (=Peterson vs Matthysse) but after this bout he has won the Ibf world belt against Dierry Jean (=Peterson vs Jean) and defended it once with Edgar Santana (=Peterson vs Santana). Garcia vs Peterson is the main event of the evening but both the Garcia’s Wbc and Wba titles plus Peterson’s Ibf are not on the line! Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Denis Lebedev vs Youri Kayembre Kalenga – full fight Video WBA

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-10, pretty good fight between Denis Lebedev and Youri Kalenga: it gets three stars.

Denis Lebedev entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 26-2-0 (20 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Grigory Drozd). He suffered his last defeat in 2013 when he faced Guillermo Jones (=Lebedev vs Jones) but he came back to win in 2014 beating Pawel Kolodziej (=Lebedev vs Kolodziej).
His opponent, Youri Kayembre Kalenga, has a record of 21-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. His only loss occurred in 2013, against Arturs Kulikauskis, after this bout he has won five consecutive fights winning the interim WBA belt against Mateusz Masternak (=Masternak vs Kalenga) and defending it with Denton Daley in his last bout (=Daley vs Kalenga). Lebedev vs Kalenga is valid for the WBA World cruiserweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Adonis Stevenson vs Sakio Bika – full fight Video WBC

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2 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-04, some good single shots between Adonis Stevenson and Sakio Bika but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.

Adonis Stevenson entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 25-1-0 (21 KOs=84%) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Sergey Kovalev). He suffered his only defeat in 2010 when he faced Darnell Boone, since then he has won 12 consecutive fights taking revenge on Boone (on March 22, 2013, Stevenson vs Boone 2) and then he won the WBC light-Hw title in 2013 against Chad Dawson (The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year: Dawson vs Stevenson). After this bout he has defended his belt four times beating Dmitry Sukhotsky in his last fight (=Stevenson vs Sukhotsky).
His opponent, Sakio Bika, has an official record of 32-6-3 (21 knockouts) and he entered as the No.14 super middleweight; he won the Wbc super-Mw title in 2013, against Marco Antonio Periban (=Bika vs Periban), but then he faced twice Anthony Dirrell: their first bout ended in a draw (=Bika vs Dirrell I) but in the second one Bika was defeated by the American (=Bika vs Dirrell 2). ‘Superman’ Stevenson vs Bika is valid for the WBC World light heavyweight title (Stevenson’s fifth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Jhonny Gonzalez vs Gary Russell Jr – full fight Video WBC

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-28, pretty good fight between Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell Jr: it gets three stars.

Jhonny Gonzalez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 57-8-0 (48 KOs=84%) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Nicholas Walters); he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Daniel Ponce De Leon (=Gonzalez vs Ponce De Leon). Since then he has collected five consecutive victories winning the Wbc belt against Abner Mares in 2013 (=Mares vs Gonzalez) and successfully defending it with Clive Atwell (=Gonzalez vs Atwell) and Jorge Arce (=Gonzalez vs Arce).
His opponent, Gary Russell Jr, has an official record of 25-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class; he suffered his only defeat last year, against Vasyl Lomachenko (bout valid for the Wbo Fw title, Lomachenko vs Russell Jr). After losing he came back to win beating Christopher Martin. Gonzalez vs Russell Jr is valid for the WBC World featherweight title (Gonzalez’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best BOXING fight – Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal – full fight Video WBA, IBF, WBO

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4 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-14, exciting and tough bout thanks to a great performance by two of the best light-heavyweights in the world: Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal is one of the best boxing fights of 2015 and it gets four stars (we had rated this fight three stars but [ we were probably drunk:-)] after watching it again we have changed our rating – March 16, 2015).

The undefeated Sergey Kovalev entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 26-0-1 (23 KOs=88%) and he is ranked as the No.2 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Adonis Stevenson); he fought three times in 2014 defending twice his Wbo belt, against Cedric Agnew (=Kovalev vs Agnew) and Blake Caparello (=Kovalev vs Caparello), then he faced Bernard Hopkins in a three titles unification fight (=Hopkins vs Kovalev).
His opponent, Jean Pascal, has an official record of 29-2-1 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class; he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Bernard Hopkins in their rematch (fight in which Pascal lost both his Wbc and Ibo belts, Hopkins vs Pascal 2). After losing he came back to win beating Aleksy Kuziemski (=Pascal vs Kuziemski), George Blades and Lucian Bute (=Pascal vs Bute). Pascal’s last bout, against Roberto Feliciano Bolonti, ended in a no-contest (=Pascal vs Bolonti). Kovalev vs Pascal is valid for the WBA, IBF and WBO world light heavyweight titles (all held by Kovalev); they also faced each other a second time on January 30, 2016 (=Kovalev vs Pascal II). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Keith Thurman vs Robert Guerrero – full fight Video WBA

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-07, good fight with an exciting finish: Keith Thurman vs Robert Guerrero gets three stars.

The undefeated Keith Thurman entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 24-0-0 (21 KOs=87%) and he is ranked as the No.6 welterweight in the world, he fought twice in 2014 beating Julio Diaz (=Thurman vs Diaz) and Leonard Bundu (=Thurman vs Bundu); both figths were valid for the interim Wba Ww title.
His opponent, Robert Guerrero, has an official record of 32-2-1 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class, he has won world belts in four different weight classes (two of which Interim) but he lost his last world-title fight, against #1 Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2013 (=Mayweather vs Guerrero). After this bout ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero fought just once beating Yoshihiro Kamegai in 2014 (=Guerrero vs Kamegai). Thurman vs Guerrero is valid for the WBA World welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 best BOXING fight – Anne Sophie Mathis vs Oxandia Castillo – full fight Video

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4 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-27, tremendous pace and very tough exchanges: Anne Sophie Mathis vs Oxandia Castillo was an awesome bout, one of the best boxing fights of 2015; it gets four stars but if we don’t find anything better this could be the 2015 female Fight of the Year!

The former Wba, Wbc, Ibf super lightweight and Ibf, Iba, Wbf welterweight champion Anne Sophie Mathis entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 27-3-1 (23 KOs=85%) and she is ranked as the No.1 women’s super welterweight in the world but she won just one out of his last four fights. In fact she suffered two consecutive defeats in 2012, against Holly Holm (in their rematch – Mathis won the first bout) and against Cecilia Braekhus (=Braekhus vs Mathis), then she won the vacant Wbf super-Ww title with Yahaira Hernandez in 2013 and her last bout, against Christina Hammer, ended in a no-contest.
Her opponent, the 20-year-old (17 years younger than Mathis) former Wbo super-Ww champion Oxandia Castillo, has an official record of 13-2-2 (10 KOs=77%) and she entered as the No.4 in the same weight class; she lost twice between 2013 and 2014, against Cecilia Braekhus (=Braekhus vs Castillo) and Noni Tenge, but then ‘La Loba’ Castillo came back to win beating Yoseidy Zarzuela. Mathis vs Castillo is valid for the WBF female super welterweight title (Mathis’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Gennady Golovkin vs Martin Murray – full fight Video WBA, WBC

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-02-21, great fight between Gennady Golovkin and Martin Murray: it gets three stars.

The undefeated Gennady Golovkin entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 31-0-0 (28 KOs=90%) and he is ranked as the No.1 middleweight in the world; he fought three times in 2014 beating Osumanu Adama (=Golovkin vs Adama), Daniel Geale (Golovkin vs Geale) and Marco Antonio Rubio (=Golovkin vs Rubio).
His opponent, Martin Murray, has an official record of 29-1-1 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced the former Wbc champion Sergio ‘Maravilla’ Martinez (=Martinez vs Murray), since then he has won four consecutive bouts, the last one against Domenico Spada (=Murray vs Spada). ‘GGG’ Golovkin vs Murray is valid for the WBA, IBO and interim WBC World middleweight titles (all held by Golovkin). Watch the video and rate this fight!

2015 BOXING fight – Mike Alvarado vs Brandon Rios 3 – full fight Video

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3 Star RatingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-01-24, exciting fight (close to get four stars) but too one-sided: Mike Alvarado vs Brandon Rios 3 gets three stars.

The former Wbo light-Ww champion Mike Alvarado entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 34-3-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.20 welterweight in the world, all his three defeats occurred in his last four fights: he lost the first bout against Rios (2012 Fight of the Year candidate, Rios vs Alvarado I), then he won the rematch (4-stars-fight, Rios vs Alvarado II) and he lost again to Ruslan Provodnikov (4-stars-fight Alvarado vs Provodnikov) and to Juan Manuel Marquez (=Marquez vs Alvarado).
His opponent, the former Wba Lw champion Brandon Rios, has an official record of 32-2-1 (23 knockouts) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class, he suffered two consecutive defeats in 2013: the rematch against Alvarado as we said earlier and then he lost to Manny Pacquiao (=Pacquiao vs Rios); after this bout he came back to win beating Diego Gabriel Chaves (by disqualification Rios vs Chaves). Alvarado vs Rios 3 is valid for the vacant WBO International welterweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!