Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-13, good pace with some nice exchanges: Avni Yildirim vs Marco Periban gets three stars.The undefeated Avni Yildirim entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 15-0-0 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Gilberto Ramirez). In his last three bouts he has won over Aaron Pryor Jr, Schiller Hyppolite (=Yildirim vs Hyppolite) and Aliaksandr Sushchyts.
His opponent, Marco Antonio Periban, has a record of 25-3-1 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2014, against J’Leon Love and James DeGale (=DeGale vs Periban) but then he has won five fights. Avni Yildirim vs Marco Antonio Periban is valid for the vacant WBC International super middleweight title; undercard of Jessica Chavez vs Ana Arrazola. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-05-13
Where: Teatro Palcco, Zapopan, Mexico
Division: super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg)
Title: vacant WBC International super middleweight title
Yildirim’s next fight: Chris Eubank Jr vs Avni Yildirim
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Yildirim vs Periban Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
In spite of connecting very nice power punches and using good combinations Marco wasn’t able to stop the Turkish’s bulldog who didn’t cease even for a minute with his overwhelming attach. The fight was really close.
Very entertaining fight! Yildirim reminded me a bit of another supermiddleweight Arthur Abraham with his peekaboo guard and straight foward offensive style. I think he could stay in Mexico and build himself a fanbase there with this macho style of boxing.
Periban showed that he had stamina, despite the body fat. He may be better off exchanging coloured gloves for white traffic ones. His flag waving style ensures that there is little power in his punches, plenty of volume but also lacking in reaction time. Very entertaing fight from the get go, I thought it was just a matter of time before Avni wore him down. its just as well that neither fighter had a glass jaw or we would have missed a good fight.