Review: 2012-07-21, pretty good fight between Adrien Broner and Vicente Escobedo: three stars. The undefeated Adrien Broner (23-0-0) entered as the No.1 super featherweight in the world while Vicente Escobedo (26-3-0) entered as the No.3. Broner vs Escobedo is valid for the WBO super featherweight title (title at stake for Escobedo only since Broner failed to make the weigh-in). Watch the video!
Review: 2012-07-14, great exchanges, speed, power, technique and three knockdowns: Amir Khan vs Danny Garcia is definitely one of the best boxing fights of the year, four stars. Amir Khan (26-2-0) entered as the No.3 light welterweight in the world while the undefeated Danny Garcia (23-0-0) entered as the No.5. Khan vs Garcia is valid for the WBC and WBA Super World light welterweight titles. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-07-14, good fight with a great fifth round: David Haye vs Dereck Chisora gets three stars. Dereck Chisora ranked as the No.14 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 15-3-0 while David Haye had a record of 25-2-0 (Haye is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 2, 2011 when he was defeated by Wladimir Klitschko). Haye vs Chisora is valid for the vacant WBO and WBA International heavyweight titles. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-07-07, nice fight with a great knockdown in the fourth round: Nonito Donaire vs Jeffrey Mathebula gets three stars. Nonito Donaire (28-1-0) entered as the No.1 super bantamweight in the world while Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3-2) entered as the No.9. Donaire vs Mathebula is valid for the WBO and IBF super bantamweight titles. Rate the video!
Review: 2012-07-07, even with two knockdowns (5th and 6th rounds) the second fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Tony Thompson has not been particularly good: two stars. Wladimir Klitschko ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 57-3-0 while Tony Thompson had a record of 36-2-0 (Thompson is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since May 27, 2011). Klitschko vs Thompson 2 is valid for the WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles; in their first fight Klitschko defeated Thompson by ko in the eleventh round (July 12, 2008). Watch the video!
Review: 2012-06-30, pretty good fight between Cornelius Bundrage and Cory Spinks with four knockdowns (the first three are very nice): three stars. Cory Spinks ranked as the No.8 light middleweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 39-6-0 while Cornelius Bundrage had a record of 31-4-0 (Bundrage is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 25, 2011). In their first fight Bundrage defeated Spinks by TKO (August 7, 2010); Bundrage vs Spinks 2 is valid for the IBF light middleweight title (Bundrage’s second defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2012-06-30, the fight between Roy Jones Jr and Pawel Glazewski has not been particularly exciting: two stars. Roy Jones Jr (55-8-0) entered as the No.21 cruiserweight in the world while the undefeated Pawel Glazewski (17-0-0) entered as the No.44. Jones Jr vs Glazewski is the main event of the evening; on the original fight card Roy Jones Jr was expected to face Dawid Kostecki. Watch the video!
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!
