Review: 2012-06-23, tough, high pace, power punches war and three amazing rounds (2nd, 5th and 7th): Victor Ortiz vs Josesito Lopez is definitely one of the best boxing fights of the year, four stars. Victor Ortiz (29-3-2) entered as the No.7 welterweight in the world while Josesito Lopez (29-4-0) entered as the No.16. Ortiz vs Lopez is valid for the vacant WBC Silver welterweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-06-16, even with the TKO in the seventh round, the fight between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Andy Lee isn’t worth our three stars. The undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (45-0-1) entered as the No.3 middleweight in the world while Andy Lee (28-1-0) entered as the No.6. Chavez Jr vs Lee is valid for the WBC middleweight title (Chavez Jr’s third defense). Rate the video!
Review: 2012-06-09, good fight, especially the central part of the bout from fourth round to the eighth, but unfortunately the judge’s decision was outrageous: Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley gets three stars (fight ended by split decision). Compubox punching statistics showed that Pacquiao landed a total of 253 of 751 punches compared to 159 of 839 for Bradley; moreover Harold Lederman scored the fight 119-109 in favor of Pacquaio: so how is that decision made? Probably before the fight happened, just for money, since the rematch was already set for November…and Bob Arum himself confirms this version, here’s what he said after the fight: “I’m going to make a lot of money on the rematch, but this [decision] was outrageous”. Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2) entered as the No.1 welterweight in the world while the undefeated Timothy Bradley (28-0-0) entered as the No.2 light welterweight. Pacquiao vs Bradley is valid for the WBO welterweight title (Pacquiao’s fourth defense); they also faced each other a second time on April 12, 2014 (=Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley 2). Rate the video!
Review: 2012-06-02, good fight with two knockdown and a nice KO in the ninth round: Acelino Freitas vs Michael Oliveira gets three stars. Acelino “Popo” Freitas entered the fight with a record of 38-2-0 while the undefeated Michael Oliveira had a record of 17-0-0. “Popo” Freitas vs Oliveira is the main event of the night (Freitas does not fight since April 28, 2007 when he was defeated by Juan Diaz). Watch the video!
Review: 2012-06-02, pleasant fight between Antonio Tarver and Lateef Kayode but it is not enough to get three stars (fight ended by split decision). Antonio Tarver (29-6-0) entered as the No.2 cruiserweight in the world while the undefeated Lateef Kayode (18-0-0) entered as the No.8. Tarver vs Kayode is valid for the IBO cruiserweight title (Tarver’s first defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2012-05-26, exciting fight with two impressive rounds (3rd and 4th) and a good TKO: Lucian Bute vs Carl Froch is definitely one of the best boxing fights of the year. The undefeated Lucian Bute (30-0-0) entered as the No.2 super middleweight in the world while Carl Froch (28-2-0) entered as the No.3. Bute vs Froch is valid for the IBF super middleweight title (Bute’s tenth defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2012-05-19, with both fighters went to the canvas and thanks to one of the best Knockouts of 2012, the fight between Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green gets four stars. Mikkel Kessler (44-2-0) entered as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world while Allan Green (31-3-0) entered as the No.19. Kessler vs Green is valid for the vacant WBC Silver light heavyweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-05-05, good fight but not very spectacular: Saul Alvarez vs Shane Mosley gets three stars (fight ended by unanimous decision). The undefeated Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (39-0-1) entered as the No.2 light middleweight in the world while Shane Mosley (46-7-1) entered as the No.6. Saul Alvarez vs Mosley is valid for the WBC light middleweight title (Alvarez’s fourth defense); undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Miguel Cotto. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-05-05, nice fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Miguel Cotto: three stars (fight ended by unanimous decision). The undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr (42-0-0) entered as the No.2 welterweight in the world while Miguel Angel Cotto (37-2-0) entered as the No.1 light middleweight. Mayweather vs Cotto is valid for the WBA Super World light middleweight title (Cotto’s third defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2012-05-05, tough and balanced fight between Marco Huck and Ola Afolabi: three stars (fight ended by majority decision). Marco Huck (34-2-0) entered as the No.4 cruiserweight in the world while Ola Afolabi (19-2-3) entered as the No.7. Huck vs Afolabi 2 is valid for the WBO cruiserweight title; in their first fight Huck defeated Afolabi by unanimous decision (December 5, 2009). Watch the video!
