Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-04, fight not so exciting between Zolani Tete and Victor Ruiz: it gets two stars.The former Ibf super-Flw champion Zolani Tete entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 23-3-0 (19 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.3 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Naoya Inoue). He suffered his last loss when he faced Roberto Domingo Sosa in 2012 (=Sosa vs Tete), since then he has won seven consecutive bouts beating Jose Santos Gonzalez in 2016 (=Tete vs Gonzalez).
His opponent, Victor Ruiz, has an official boxing record of 21-5-0 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.37 in the same weight class. He lost to McWilliams Arroyo last year but then he has won over Felix Rubio, Daiki Kameda and Adan Osuna. Tete vs Ruiz is valid for the IBF International bantamweight title; undercard of Liam Smith vs Predrag Radosevic. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-06-04
Where: Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Division: bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg)
Title: IBF International bantamweight title
Tete’s previous fight: Zolani Tete vs Jose Santos Gonzalez
Tete’s next fight: Zolani Tete vs Arthur Villanueva
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Zolani’s performance was brilliant, tough not that great of a fight. Tete was completely dominant and showed a very refined technique. The uppercut he throws in 5th round is beautiful, i hope he gets another title belt shot really soon.